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Title Quicksands : foundational histories in Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand / edited by Klaus Neumann, Nicholas Thomas & Hilary Ericksen
Published Sydney, NSW : UNSW Press, 1999

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Description xxii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Memories of pasts to come. Hard times : an Australian study / Deborah Bird Rose -- Settlement as forgetting / Stephen Turner -- A history of quiet suspicion / Ross Gibson -- Footings : the mythopoeic foundations of imperial time / Paul Carter -- Settler baggage. The idea of utopia in the European settlement of New Zealand / Jonathan Lamb -- Australasian narratives of constitutional foundation / P.G. McHugh -- A history of beginnings / Julian Thomas -- Myths of nature. Wild life : ferality and the frontier with chaos / Nigel Clark -- Planting indigenous species : a subversion of Australian eco-nationalism / John Morton and Nicholas Smith -- Going between goddesses / Geoff Park -- The work of listening. A spear in the thigh for Senator Evans / Tim Rowse -- Songlines from Aotearoa / Judith Binney
Prologue / Greg Dening -- Introduction / The editors -- Memories of Pasts to Come. 1. Hard times: An Australian study / Deborah Bird Rose. 2. Settlement as forgetting / Stephen Turner. 3. A history of quiet suspicion / Ross Gibson. 4. Footings: The mythopoeic foundations of imperial time / Paul Carter -- Settler Baggage. 5. The idea of utopia in the European settlement of New Zealand / Jonathan Lamb. 6. Australasian narratives of constitutional foundation / P. G. McHugh. 7. A history of beginnings / Julian Thomas -- Myths of Nature. 8. Wild life: Ferality and the frontier with chaos / Nigel Clark. 9. Planting indigenous species: A subversion of Australian eco-nationalism / John Morton and Nicholas Smith. 10. Going between goddesses / Geoff Park -- The Work of Listening. 11. A spear in the thigh for Senator Evans / Tim Rowse. 12. Songlines from Aotearoa / Judith Binney -- Conclusion / The editors
Summary "Why has 'national identity' preoccupied so many writers and artists on both sides of the Tasman? Why have the stories of the first settler societies in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand exercised such a hold over our collective consciousness? And why is this history once again part of contemporary political and cultural debate?" "This innovative trans-Tasman collaboration explores how the founding of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand have been remembered and reimagined over more than two centuries. At the dawn of a new century, when the facts of these cultural encounters are increasingly under challenge, the writers of Quicksands argue for a new 'Australasian' consciousness and imagine new ways to negotiate the quicksands of our national histories."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis Aboriginal culture
Aboriginal land rights
Aborigines
Australia overseas comparisons
Colonialism
Cross cultural studies
Federal issue
History
Maoris
National identity
New Zealand
Race relations
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Acculturation -- Australia -- History.
Acculturation -- New Zealand -- History.
National characteristics, Australian -- Historiography.
National characteristics, Australian.
National characteristics, New Zealand.
National characteristics, New Zealand -- Historiography.
Postcolonialism -- Australia -- Historiography.
Postcolonialism -- New Zealand -- Historiography.
Postcolonialism.
Whites -- Race identity -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591
Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593
Australia -- Race relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100476 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Australia -- Race relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100476 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
New Zealand http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021322 -- Colonization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
New Zealand http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021322 -- Colonization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
New Zealand -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091503 -- Sources. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012007
New Zealand -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091503
New Zealand -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87006595
New Zealand -- Race relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116351 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
New Zealand -- Race relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116351 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Author Ericksen, Hilary.
Neumann, Klaus, 1958-
Thomas, Nicholas, 1960-
LC no. 2001524276
ISBN 0868406333 (paperback)
Other Titles Quicksands : foundational histories in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand