For the Record
eBook - ePub

For the Record

160 years of Aboriginal print journalism

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

For the Record

160 years of Aboriginal print journalism

About this book

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 don't the black fellows pray to the king to get us away from this place?'Starting with this extraordinary newsletter, Michael Rose has brought together examples of Aboriginal journalism from a wide range of Aboriginal and mainstream publications. He includes articles from early activists and others who used newspaper and magazine journalism in their fight for justice. For The Record also offers the reader an unusual glimpse, through Aboriginal eyes, of key issues and events in Aboriginal and Australian history. Included in the dozens of articles selected: protests about poor treatment on reserves in the 1930s, an eyewitness account of a Maralinga atomic bomb test in the 1950s, Bill Rosser's reporting of life on Palm Island, Kevin Gilbert's passionate call for a formal treaty between Aboriginal people and the Australian government and Poel Pearson's commentary on the High Court's Mabo decision.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface and acknowledgements
  8. A chronology of Aboriginal history
  9. Introduction You wouldn’t read about it: Aboriginal print journalism
  10. 1 A captive audience: The Flinders Island Chronicle
  11. 2 The power of the press: Abo Call
  12. 3 Transitional voices: Westralian Aborigine, Churinga, Harmony, Alchuringa
  13. 4 Militant voices: Militant newspapers of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s
  14. 5 The view from Sydney: Koori-Bina, A.I.M.
  15. 6 Northern concerns: N.Q. Messagestick
  16. 7 Into the mainstream: Identity, Aboriginal and Islander Forum
  17. 8 A journal of record: Land Rights News
  18. 9 A national voice: Koori Mail
  19. 10 Wider exposure: Aboriginal journalism in non-Aboriginal newspapers
  20. Endnotes
  21. Sources and a listing of Aboriginal periodicals
  22. Selected bibliography
  23. Index