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Biting the clouds : a Badtjala perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897 / Fiona Foley.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780702262982
Author	Foley, Fiona, 1964- (author)
Title	Biting the clouds : a Badtjala perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897 / Fiona Foley.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2020.
Description	154 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	A striking and compelling book reclaiming history by a renowned Indigenous visual artist. In this groundbreaking work of Indigenous scholarship, nationally renowned visual artist Fiona Foley addresses the inherent silences, errors and injustices from the perspective of her people, the Badtjala of K'gari (Fraser Island). She shines a critical light on the little-known colonial-era practice of paying Indigenous workers in opium and the 'solution' of then displacing them to K'gari.Biting the Clouds - a euphemism for being stoned on opium - combines historical, personal and cultural imagery to reclaim the Badtjala story from the colonisation narrative. Full-colour images of Foley's artwork add further impact to this important examination of Australian history.
Subjects	Badtjala (Australian people)
	Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Fraser Island -- History
	Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Queensland
	Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Queensland
	Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Queensland
	Fraser Island (Qld.)
Call number	2020.332

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00920388	2020.332	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .