268 Pages
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Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
268 Pages
by
Routledge
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From September 1836 to December 1837, young Aboriginal clerks produced the Flinders Island Weekly Chronicle , a remarkable record of life on the island off Tasmania where a number of Aboriginal people had been forced to resettle. Copied by hand, it describes the settlement in often poignant terms 'I am much afraid none of us will be alive by and by as there is nothing but sickness among us. Why... Read more
Foreword
Preface and acknowledgements
A chronology of Aboriginal history
Introduction: You wouldn't read about it: Aboriginal print journalism
1 A captive audience: THE FLINDERS ISLAND CHRONICLE
2 The power of the press: ABO CALL
3 Transitional voices: WESTRALIAN ABORIGINE, CHURINGA, HARMONY, ALCHURINGA
4 Militant voices: Militant newspapers in the 1960s, '70s and '80s
5 The view from Sydney: KOORI BINA, AIM
6 Northern concerns: N.Q. MESSAGESTICK
7 Into the mainstream: IDENTITY, ABORIGINAL AND ISLANDER
8 A journal of record: LAND RIGHTS NEWS
9 A national voice: KOORI MAIL
10 Wider exposure: Aboriginal journalism in non-Aboriginal newspapers
Endnotes
Sources and listing of Aboriginal periodicals
Selected bibliography
Index
Preface and acknowledgements
A chronology of Aboriginal history
Introduction: You wouldn't read about it: Aboriginal print journalism
1 A captive audience: THE FLINDERS ISLAND CHRONICLE
2 The power of the press: ABO CALL
3 Transitional voices: WESTRALIAN ABORIGINE, CHURINGA, HARMONY, ALCHURINGA
4 Militant voices: Militant newspapers in the 1960s, '70s and '80s
5 The view from Sydney: KOORI BINA, AIM
6 Northern concerns: N.Q. MESSAGESTICK
7 Into the mainstream: IDENTITY, ABORIGINAL AND ISLANDER
8 A journal of record: LAND RIGHTS NEWS
9 A national voice: KOORI MAIL
10 Wider exposure: Aboriginal journalism in non-Aboriginal newspapers
Endnotes
Sources and listing of Aboriginal periodicals
Selected bibliography
Index
Biography
Veteran journalist and journalism lecturer Michael Rose has worked for many media organisations in a number of countries. He was Co-ordinator of Journalism studies at the University of Western Sydney, Nepean, between 1990 and 1995.
