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Author Darian-Smith, Kate.

Title Captive lives : Australian captivity narratives / Kate Darian-Smith, Roslyn Poignant, Kay Schaffer ; edited by Kate Darian-Smith
Published London : Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 1993

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 W'PONDS  306.0899915 Dar/Cla  AVAILABLE
Description 57 pages : 1 portrait ; 21 cm
Series Working papers in Australian studies ; no. 85, 86 & 87
Working papers in Australian studies ; no. 85, 86 & 87
Contents No. 85. Captivity narratives and the idea of 'Nation'/Kay Schaffer -- no. 86. The white woman of Gippsland : a frontier myth/Kate DArian-Smith -- no. 87. Captive aboriginal lives : Billy, Jenny, Little Toby and their companions/Roslyn Poignant
Summary Collection of three papers on the theme of captivity; includes essays by Darian-Smith, Schaffer and Poignant on aspects of Eliza Fraser, The white woman of Gippsland and Aboriginal exhibition performers in the late nineteenth century
Notes Cover title: Captured lives
Bibliography Includes bibliographies
Notes Working papers in Australian studies no:s 85, 86 & 87
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Captivities
Aboriginal Australians -- Capture
Aboriginal Australians -- History.
Prisoners, Aboriginal Australian.
SUBJECT Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593
Author Poignant, Roslyn.
Schaffer, Kay, 1945-
Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies.
LC no. 2681000052
ISBN 185507060X
Other Titles Captured lives
Captured lives