Title From the little black princess to Biggles : representations of the Northern Territory in children's literature / by Mickey Dewar

Published Darwin : State Library of the Northern Territory, 1993

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Description v, 15 pages ; 30 cm Series Occasional papers, 0817-2927 ; no. 42 Occasional papers (State Library of the Northern Territory) ; no. 42 Summary Analysis of the changing attitudes and values towards the Northern Territory as represented in childrens literature; earliest period stressed accommodating aspects of both landscape and Aboriginal race relations; 1920s and 1930s emphasised masculine conquest of the land and Aborigines; 1930s and 1940s stressed the Northern Territory as source of wealth; 1950s attempted to incorporate the Aboriginal experience and promote a sense of Aboriginal culture within the non-Aboriginal context which led to the portrayal of Aborigines as primitive but spiritual beings Bibliography Bibliography: pages 13-15 Notes Occasional papers (State Library of the Northern Territory) no:42 1322-0608 Subject Aboriginal Australians in literature. Australian literature -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History and criticism. Australian literature -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Children -- Books and reading. Children's literature, Australian -- History and criticism. Children's stories -- History and criticism. SUBJECT Northern Territory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035353 -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011414 Author State Library of the Northern Territory. ISSN 0817-2927 ISBN 0724508139

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