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1 online resource (vi, 192 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-182) and index. |
| Contents |
Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Historical Representations; 1 Eliza Fraser: an historical record; 2 K''gari, Mrs Fraser and Butchulla oral tradition; 3 Shipwreck saga as archaeological text: reconstructing Fraser Island''s Aboriginal past; 4 ''Mere trifles and faint representations'': the representations of savage life offered by Eliza Fraser; 5 ''Our fair narrator'' down-under: Mrs Fraser''s body and the preservation of the Empire; Part 2 Modern Representations; 6 ''We are like Eliza'': twentieth-century Australian responses to the Eliza Fraser saga. |
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7 Home ground and foreign territory: the works of Fiona Foley and Sidney Nolan8 No woman is an island: the Eliza Fraser variations; 9 From Eliza to Elisabeth: Andre Brink''s version of the Eliza Fraser story; 10 ''Fears of primitive otherness'': ''race'' in Michael Ondaatje''s the man with seven toes; 11 Barbara''s Eliza; Eliza Surviva; 12 A blast from the past; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y. |
| Summary |
One of the most famous shipwreck sagas of the 19th century took place on the tropical coast of north-east Australia. In 1836 the Stirling Castle was wrecked off the Queensland coast and many of the crew, together with the captain''s wife, Eliza Fraser, were marooned on Fraser Island. Early sensationalized accounts represent Mrs Fraser as an innocent white victim of colonialism and her Aboriginal captors as barbarous savages. These ""first contact"" narratives of the white woman and her Aboriginal ""captors"" impacted significantly on England and the politics of Empire at an early stage. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fraser, Eliza Anne.
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Fraser, Eliza Anne. |
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Fraser, Eliza Anne. |
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Shipwrecks -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Shipwrecks. |
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Australia. |
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Queensland. |
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Electronic books.
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Computer network resources.
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| Added Author |
McNiven, Ian J.
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Russell, Lynette.
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Schaffer, Kay, 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Constructions of colonialism. London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 1998 (DLC) 97051839 |
| ISBN |
1847142559 (electronic book) |
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9781847142559 (electronic book) |
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9780718501396 (hardcover) |
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071850139X (hardcover) |
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9780718501716 |
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9781847142559 |
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071850139X (hardcover) |
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0718501713 (paperback) |
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