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The dreaming & other essays / W.E.H. Stanner.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780977594924 (pbk.)
Author	Stanner, W. E. H. (William Edward Hanley), 1905-1981 (author.)
Title	The dreaming & other essays / W.E.H. Stanner.
Other title	The dreaming and other essays
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Melbourne : Black Inc. Agenda, 2009.
Description	291 pages ; 24 cm.
Series	Black Inc. Agenda series
Note	Includes index.
Note	"With an introduction by Robert Manne"-- Cover.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	W.E.H. Stanner's words changed Australia. Without condescension and without sentimentality, in essays such as 'The Dreaming' Stanner conveyed the richness and uniqueness of Aboriginal culture. In his Boyer Lectures he exposed a 'cult of forgetfulness practised on a national scale,' regarding the fate of the Aborigines, for which he coined the phrase 'the great Australian silence'. And in his essay 'Durmugam' he provided an unforgettable portrait of a warrior's attempt to hold back cultural change. ?He was such a man,' Stanner wrote. 'I thought I would like to make the reading world see and feel him as I did.'
Subjects	Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
	Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations
	Australia -- Race relations
	Australia -- Colonization -- History
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons	Manne, Robert (Robert Michael), 1947- (author.)
Series	Black Inc. Agenda
Call number	305.89915 STA
Call number	Smith/M 383

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00886750	Smith/M 383	Mike Smith Deserts Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .
A00709291	305.89915 STA	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .