| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file PDF 8.7MB |
| Access |
National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library of Queensland Online access with authorization. AU-CaNED |
| Contents |
Intro -- Half-title -- Author Biography -- Imprint Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- List of images -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Mul'lu Ku'rui -- Chapter 2: Out of the Sea Like Cloud -- Chapter 3: A Cloud Hovered Over the Land -- Chapter 4: The Opium Pipe Beclouds Their Lives -- Chapter 5: In Clouds of Conflicting Opinions -- Chapter 6: Billowing Clouds Above -- Silence is Complicity -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Fraser Island (Qld.)
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Aboriginal Australians. |
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Australia. |
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Opium abuse -- Australia -- Fraser Island (Qld.) -- History.
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Opium abuse. |
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Fraser Island (Qld.) -- History.
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History. |
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K'Gari / Fraser Island (SE Qld SG56-03) |
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Queensland -- Fraser Island. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0702262986 9780702262982 (OCoLC)1164353443 |
| ISBN |
0702264504 |
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9780702264504 (electronic book) |
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0702262986 |
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9780702262982 |
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