| Description |
1 online resource (180 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Dedication -- Title page -- Imprint -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1: Beautiful Lies? Foundational Fictions in South Australian History -- Carolyn Collins and Paul Sendziuk -- 2: A Contested Coast? Revisiting the Baudin-Flinders Encounter of April 1802 -- Jean Fornasiero and John West-Sooby -- 3: Wakefield Revisited Again -- Eric Richards -- 4: Born Free: Wage-slaves and Chattel-slaves -- Humphrey McQueen -- 5: True Lies: South Australia's Foundation, the Idea of 'Difference', and the Rights of Aboriginal People -- Robert Foster |
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6: George Hamilton, the Bold and Dashing Bushman: The Politics of Colonial Compassion -- Jane Lydon -- 7: Walking the Line in Historical Fiction -- Lucy Treloar -- 8: Legends of the Nineties: Literary Culture in Adelaide at the End of the Nineteenth Century -- Philip Butterss -- 9: South Australia: The Pivotal State -- Stuart Macintyre -- 10: The Great Man of History: Industrialisation and the Playford Legend -- Paul Sendziuk -- 11: Nineteenth Century Dreams, Twentieth Century Realities: Reframing the Abolishment of Capital Punishment in South Australia -- Steven Anderson |
| Summary |
In this lively, provocative collection, some of Australia's leading historians - and a Miles Franklin shortlisted historical novelist - challenge established myths and narratives about South Australia's past. Some are unmasked as false stories that mask brutal realities, while others are revealed as simplistic versions of more complex truths |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
South Australia -- History -- Anecdotes
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South Australia -- History -- Errors, inventions, etc
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| Subject |
South Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sendziuk, Paul
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| ISBN |
9781743056288 |
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1743056281 |
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