Remembering and Forgetting First Nations in Australia: Unsettling the Silence on the Founding and Building of a New Nation
Settler colonial societies such as Australia revere their monuments. In such ‘young’ countries, monuments to conquerors, settlers and soldiers place the settler populations’ indelible stamp on the landscape. However, these monuments are as much about forgetting as about remembering. Despite this, In...
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ftgriffithuniv:oai:research-repository.griffith.edu.au:10072/399494 2024-06-09T07:46:00+00:00 Remembering and Forgetting First Nations in Australia: Unsettling the Silence on the Founding and Building of a New Nation Higgins-Desbiolles, Freya Hales, Robert Sparrow, Sydney 2019 http://hdl.handle.net/10072/399494 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5925-5_11 unknown Springer The Nexus among Place, Conflict and Communication in a Globalising World Higgins-Desbiolles, F; Hales, R; Sparrow, S, Remembering and Forgetting First Nations in Australia: Unsettling the Silence on the Founding and Building of a New Nation, The Nexus among Place, Conflict and Communication in a Globalising World, 2019, pp. 207-231 http://hdl.handle.net/10072/399494 9789811359255 doi:10.1007/978-981-13-5925-5_11 open access Commerce management tourism and services Book chapter 2019 ftgriffithuniv https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5925-5_11 2024-05-14T23:54:16Z Settler colonial societies such as Australia revere their monuments. In such ‘young’ countries, monuments to conquerors, settlers and soldiers place the settler populations’ indelible stamp on the landscape. However, these monuments are as much about forgetting as about remembering. Despite this, Indigenous Australians are asserting their place, insisting that they never ceded sovereignty and refusing erasure. Recent events sparked conversations in Australia about such practices. Debates considered whether colonial monuments should come down or additional monuments narrating Indigenous Australian stories should be erected. This is an un-settled space ripe for exploration and analysis. These social, cultural and political contestations are examined. ‘Remembering and forgetting in Australia’ reflects on the dissonant heritages of Australia, the place and the ways that these heritages might be better reconciled. No Full Text Book Part First Nations Griffith University: Griffith Research Online 207 231 Singapore |
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Settler colonial societies such as Australia revere their monuments. In such ‘young’ countries, monuments to conquerors, settlers and soldiers place the settler populations’ indelible stamp on the landscape. However, these monuments are as much about forgetting as about remembering. Despite this, Indigenous Australians are asserting their place, insisting that they never ceded sovereignty and refusing erasure. Recent events sparked conversations in Australia about such practices. Debates considered whether colonial monuments should come down or additional monuments narrating Indigenous Australian stories should be erected. This is an un-settled space ripe for exploration and analysis. These social, cultural and political contestations are examined. ‘Remembering and forgetting in Australia’ reflects on the dissonant heritages of Australia, the place and the ways that these heritages might be better reconciled. No Full Text |
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Remembering and Forgetting First Nations in Australia: Unsettling the Silence on the Founding and Building of a New Nation |
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