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Author Carlson, Bronwyn, author

Title Monumental disruptions : Aboriginal people and colonial commemorations in so-called Australia / Bronwyn Carlson and Terri Farrelly
Published Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2023
Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2023
©2023

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Description xvi, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Introduction : It takes courage to challenge colonial commemorations -- 2. An agenda of Black erasure and white permanence -- 3. Disrupting 'discovery' -- 4. Dishonouring murderers, thieves and intruders -- 5. Recognising the Frontier Wars -- 6. Calling out other colonial fictions -- 7. Acknowledging atrocities -- 8. 'To Native courage, honesty and fidelity' -- 9. Aboriginal assertions of survival and continuity -- 10. Conclusion : The 'unsettled' fates of colonial commemorations
Summary What is the place of Australia’s colonial memorials in today’s society? Do we remove, destroy or amend? Monumental Disruptions investigates how these memorials have been viewed, and are viewed, by First Nations people to find a way forward. In June 2020, on the heels of Australia’s James Cook anniversary commemorations and statue-toppling Black Lives Matter protests in the USA, dozens of police were sent to guard a statue of Cook in Hyde Park, Sydney. Despite the police presence, two women spraypainted ‘sovereignty never ceded’ across the statue. Scenes like this are being repeated around the world as societies reassess memorials that no longer reflect today’s values. Should they be removed, destroyed or amended? Monumental Disruptions looks for answers. It investigates why commemorations were erected, their meaning for Aboriginal people in Australia, both then and now, and it compares Australia’s experience with that overseas. Those who question colonial commemorations have been called ‘UnAustralian’; but, in Australia, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities are working together to forge new ways to mark the past. This timely book is essential reading for anyone interested in how a society commemorates and acknowledges its complex history
Analysis Colonisation, imperialism & post-colonialism (Australia)
All Australian Indigenous Material (Australia)
Australian Aboriginal studies (Australia)
Colonisation, imperialism & post-colonialism (Australia)
All Australian Indigenous Material (Australia)
Australian Aboriginal studies (Australia)
Notes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this book may contain images, names and descriptions of deceased persons, as well as their artwork
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-331) and index
Subject Public sculpture -- Australia
Memorialization -- Social aspects -- Australia
Monuments -- Social aspects -- Australia
Postcolonialism -- Australia
Collective memory -- Australia
Aboriginal Australians
Memorials -- Australia
Aboriginal Australians -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Race relations
Politics and Government - National symbols and events - Memorials and commemorations
Culture - Theory and criticism - Postcolonial
SUBJECT Australia -- Moral conditions
Australia -- Race relations
Australia -- History -- 21st century
Australia -- Colonial influence
Author Farrelly, Terri, author
ISBN 9780855751159
Other Titles Monumental disruptions