Description |
xx, 226 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, 1 map ; 23 cm |
Contents |
1. First forty years and his 'guiding star' -- 2. Murder in Western Australia, 1903 -- 3. Internment in Austria, 1916 -- 4. To the Swiss people, 1921 -- 5. Street protest in Rome, 1925 -- 6. Picketing Australia house, 1928 -- 7. Testimony at the Old Bailey, 1929 -- 8. Speaker in Hyde Park, into the 1930s -- 9. Civilising England, 1938 |
Summary |
The late 1920s marked an extraordinary protest by an Australian Aboriginal man on the streets of London. Standing outside Australia House, cloaked in tiny skeletons, Anthony Martin Fernando condemned the failure of British rule in his country. Drawn from an extensive search in archives from Australia and Europe, this is the first full-length study of Fernando's life and the self-professed mission that lasted half his adult life. A moving account, it chronicles the various forms of action taken by Fernando, from pamphlets on the streets of Rome to speeches in the famous Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, and brings to light previously unknown details about his extraordinary life in Australia and overseas |
Analysis |
Australian |
Notes |
The late 1920s saw an extraordinary protest by an Australian Aboriginal man on the streets of London. Standing outside Australia House, cloaked in tiny skeletons, Anthony Martin Fernando condemned the failure of British rule in his country. Fernando is believed to be the first Aboriginal person to protest conditions in Australia from the streets of Europe. His various forms of action, from pamphlets on the streets of Rome to the famous Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park, distinguish this lone protestor as a unique Aboriginal activist of his time |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Fernando, A. M. (Anthony Martin), 1864-1949 -- Travel.
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Fernando, A. M. (Anthony Martin), 1864-1949.
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'The Nib' Waverley Library Award for Literature Nominations (2012)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Biography.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Travel -- Biography.
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Political activists, Aboriginal Australian.
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Social reformers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Travelers -- Europe -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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LC no. |
2012427268 |
ISBN |
9781922059055 (paperback) |
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