This paper reflects on the process of viewing and constructing meaning about a book cover illustration which appears on a collection of Stolen Generation stories edited by Carmel Bird. The grainy black and white photograph, portraying six young girls of part Aboriginal descent, originally appeared under the heading "Homes are sought for these children" in a Darwin newspaper during the 1930s. It is an iconic representation of the betrayal of innocence, signifying the human suffering caused by the inherent racism of the then Australian government’s Aboriginal assimilation policies. It is also an ironic image, communicating the incongruence between the meaning of social justice at the beginning of the twentieth century and at its end. Guided b...
In lieu of abstract, here is the first paragraph of the article: Australian children’s literature, i...
The essay is an explorative reflection that focuses on a very specific part of a broader investigati...
Prior to white settlement, literary representations of Australia were that of a primitive place wher...
This paper reflects on the process of viewing and constructing meaning about a book cover illustrati...
The cover of this issue of Papers features an image which appears in the First Book of the Victorian...
Two picture books titled The Island, one written and illustrated by Armin Greder and the other writt...
Abstract. This paper addresses the depiction of themes of Imperialism and Colonialism in Twentieth...
Documentary photography is built on assumptions of factual objectivity, and seeks to provide di...
This book examines how representational technologies, including photography and archival material,...
In this article I consider the multi-award winning, intriguing, contemporary Australian picture stor...
The representation of Aborigines in the popular Australian magazine Walkabout has attracted the atte...
The influence of children’s literature on the lives of children is well documented and this importan...
Though they can find themselves constrained by the imagined 'demands of children’s literature as san...
Offending images are representations that hurt people’s feelings deeply. My thesis deals with the wa...
This article considers the photographic portraits of children reprinted in the Crisis’s “Children’s ...
In lieu of abstract, here is the first paragraph of the article: Australian children’s literature, i...
The essay is an explorative reflection that focuses on a very specific part of a broader investigati...
Prior to white settlement, literary representations of Australia were that of a primitive place wher...
This paper reflects on the process of viewing and constructing meaning about a book cover illustrati...
The cover of this issue of Papers features an image which appears in the First Book of the Victorian...
Two picture books titled The Island, one written and illustrated by Armin Greder and the other writt...
Abstract. This paper addresses the depiction of themes of Imperialism and Colonialism in Twentieth...
Documentary photography is built on assumptions of factual objectivity, and seeks to provide di...
This book examines how representational technologies, including photography and archival material,...
In this article I consider the multi-award winning, intriguing, contemporary Australian picture stor...
The representation of Aborigines in the popular Australian magazine Walkabout has attracted the atte...
The influence of children’s literature on the lives of children is well documented and this importan...
Though they can find themselves constrained by the imagined 'demands of children’s literature as san...
Offending images are representations that hurt people’s feelings deeply. My thesis deals with the wa...
This article considers the photographic portraits of children reprinted in the Crisis’s “Children’s ...
In lieu of abstract, here is the first paragraph of the article: Australian children’s literature, i...
The essay is an explorative reflection that focuses on a very specific part of a broader investigati...
Prior to white settlement, literary representations of Australia were that of a primitive place wher...