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- 2. • Aboriginal life before Europeans • Dutch explorers came… • William Dampier • Aboriginal people • Historiography – History’s history What I’m going to talk about
- 3. Aboriginal life before Europeans • Eels live in fresh water but spawn in sea • Amazing migrations eg Centennial Park longfin eels travel to New Caledonia • How do baby eels ‘know’ the return journey ?? • Possible eel farming communities in Western Victoria (at odds withTerra Nullius assumptiion) • Trading eels with other tribes
- 4. Dutch explorers came … • Wilhelm Janszoon ‘discovers’ Australia (near Weipa, QLD), 1606 • Here Aborigines killed ten or so crew • Dirk Hartog lands at island in Shark Bay (WA), 1616 • Bloodthirsty Dutch mutiny, Batavia, Abrolhos Islands, off Geraldton, 1629 • Van Diemens Land named by Abel Tasman in 1642 after Governor of East Indies Company • Island re-named to Tasmania, 1856
- 5. William Dampier (Englishman) • Ship: Roebuck • Landed at Shark Bay, 1699 • Went northward • Carried out scientific record of flora and fauna • Published Voyage to New Holland, 1703
- 6. Aboriginal people – Bennelong (1764-1813) • ‘Met’ Governor at age 25, 1789 • Ambassador between Eora and British • Good friends with James Squire • Escaped, reunited (but Governor speared !!) • Hut built for he and wife Barangaroo, 1791 • Travelled to England, 1792 • Met King George III • Son, aged 19, adopted by Methodist minister • Beware, seagulls !! The taking of Colbee and Benalon, 25 Novr 1789. (State Library of NSW)
- 7. Aboriginal people – Albert Namatjira (1902-59) • Born Hermannsburg (now Ntaria) – Lutheran mission • Was ‘camel boy’, married wrong ‘skin’ • Pokerwork art, later learnt watercolour (a European artform) • Exhibitions - Melbourne (1938), Adelaide, Sydney • Presented to the Queen (Canberra, 1954) • First Aboriginal citizen of Australia (1957) • Ongoing ‘Humbugging’ (forced sharing) problems • Supplying alcohol to kin – sentence: 6 months hard labour • Inspiration for Papunya and other Aboriginal art • Assimilation era – friend of Paul Hasluck The Finke River Gorge at entrance to Glen Helen c.1945-53 (Queensland Art Gallery)
- 8. Aboriginal people – Albert Namatjira (1902-59) Albert Namatjira, Boomerang (1936 pokerwork art) stamp, 1968 Centenary stamp set, 2002
- 9. Aboriginal people – Sir Douglas Nicholls (1906-88) • Born Cummeragunja • Footballer (3rd in Brownlow, 1934) • Footballer (Victorian StateTeam, 1935) • Social Worker, Pastor (Fitzroy C of C) • Led Australia’s first Aboriginal ‘Church’ (Fitzroy) • Knighted (OBE), 1972 • Met Queen (1970), Pope (1973) • Governor, South Australia (1976-77)
- 10. Aboriginal people – Jimmy LittleAO (1937-2012) • Born Cumeragunja • First single (1956) • Films include Shadow of the Boomerang (1960), Until the World Ends (1991) • Hits incl Danny Boy (1959), Royal Telephone (1963 – GOLD), Baby Blue (1974) • Named Australian Pop Star ofYear (1964) • Household name • ARIA Hall of Fame (1999) • Golden Gospel Award (2002) • Released 34th Album (2004) • Set up Foundation for Indigenous health – www.jlf.org.au
- 11. Baby Blue She wrote me today That she won't be back to stay That she only come to pick up her clothes She wrote I must not cry And her love for me has died But she found somebody else I suppose Baby blue, baby blue Do you know that I still in love with you Now I know that you won't be here no more Oh, how I need you, how I want you, baby blue RoyalTelephone Telephone to glory, oh, what joy divine! I can feel the current moving on the line. Made by God the Father for His very own, You may talk to Jesus on this royal telephone. Central’s never busy, always on the line, You can hear from heaven almost any time. ’Tis a royal service, built for one and all, When you get in trouble, give this royal line a call. Aboriginal people – Jimmy Little (1937-2012)
- 12. Aboriginal people – Jimmy LittleAO (1937-2012) • Born Cumeragunja • First single (1956) • Films include Shadow of the Boomerang (1960), Until the World Ends (1991) • Hits incl Danny Boy (1959), Royal Telephone (1963 – GOLD), Baby Blue (1974) • Named Australian Pop Star ofYear (1964) • Household name • ARIA Hall of Fame (1999) • Golden Gospel Award (2002) • Released 34th Album (2004) • Set up Foundation for Indigenous health – www.jlf.org.au
- 13. What is history ?? Who creates history ?? Analysing biases, vested interests of writers Which authors are ‘sexy’ ?? Universities and Museums are important culture-shapers. Historiography – history’s history
- 14. Does History Matter Anymore ?? ‘OLD’ History – conservative, objective, driven by evidence and written documents – targets intellect ‘NEW’ History – postmodern, revisionist, Marxist outlook (eg gender/class) struggles – targets emotions ‘HistoryWars’ applied to – Historiography – history’s history Settlement Stolen Generation Smith St Alcohol Ban, 2009 Missions Other Australan History Frontier Wars Hindmarsh Island saga (SWB) Intervention Alcohol Tamworth, Country hotspots
- 15. Professor Marcia Langton In some critical respects, the outcome is what many have recommended for decades: interventions to prevent the abuse, rape and assault of Aboriginal women and children and [take] decisive action against the perpetrators. - Sydney Morning Herald, November 30 2007 Noel Pearson …in order to give effect to that hope [no child suffers abuse], we've got to stop the grog, we've got to get the police in there and we've got to have an absolutely vigilant attitude towards the behaviour of adults around children, particularly if they're drinking and particularly if the circumstances of children are such that they're vulnerable to abuse. - ABC Lateline, June 26 2007 Thoughts on 2007 NTER Intervention Historiography – history’s history
- 16. Does History Matter Anymore ?? ‘OLD’ History – conservative, objective, driven by evidence and written documents – targets intellect ‘NEW’ History – postmodern, revisionist, Marxist outlook (eg gender/class) struggles – targets emotions ‘HistoryWars’ applied to – Historiography – history’s history Settlement Stolen Generation Smith St Alcohol Ban, 2009 Missions Other Australan History Frontier Wars Hindmarsh Island saga (SWB) Intervention Alcohol Tamworth, Country hotspots
- 17. • Aboriginal life before Europeans • Dutch explorers came… • William Dampier • Aboriginal people • Historiography – History’s history Hello, were you awake ??