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Re-Reading Representations of Indigenality in Australian Children’s Literature: a History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Brooke Collins-Gearing
Brooke Collins-Gearing*
Affiliation:
Wollotuka, The School of Aboriginal Studies, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales, 2308, Australia
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Abstract

Australian children’s literature has a history of excluding Indigenous child readers and positioning non-Indigenous readers as the subject. Rather than portray such literature, particularly before the 1950s, as simply racist or stereotypical, I argue that it is important for teachers, of all students, to help readers understand how nationalist or white Australian myths were constructed on Indigenous land and knowledges.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 35 , 2006 , pp. 61 - 67
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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