- Title
- Uncommon ground: white women in Aboriginal history
- Creator
- Cole, Anna; Haskins, Victoria; Paisley, Fiona
- Relation
- http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/asp/aspbooks/uncommonground.html
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press
- Resource Type
- book
- Date
- 2005
- Description
- Uncommon Ground brings together a collection of essays about the complex roles played by white women in Australian Indigenous histories. Each chapter highlights the work of a woman involved in Aboriginal issues, and with Aboriginal people, in a particular historical context. They include unknown and prominent public figures, activists, writers, and workers in missionary groups and administration (for instance Mary Bennett, Elizabeth Durack and Elizabeth McKenzie-Hatton), as well as leading Aboriginal woman activist (Pearl Gibbs) who worked closely with contemporary white feminists. The four thematic parts include: ‘The Home Front’: personal and domestic relationships, highlighting the prominence of the ‘home’ as institution as well as refuge in such cross-cultural relationships; ‘Shared Struggle’: collaborative relationships; ‘Public Lives’: addressing white women who took on public roles with regard to Aboriginal issues; and ‘Knowing the Aborigines’: the ambiguous roles played by white women who claimed the knowledge to represent Aboriginal people and issues, and who have had various impacts upon Aboriginal histories as a result. These lively and critical biographical studies trace the motivations, actions and impact of these women.
- Subject
- Australian Indigenous histories; white women; Pear Gibbs; Australian history
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1042152
- Identifier
- uon:14014
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780855754853
- Language
- eng
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