New Lives in an Old Land: Re-Turning to the Colonisation of New South Wales Through Stories of My Parents and Their Ancestors

by <i>University of New England </i> Bronwyn Davies

This book re-turns to the colonisation of New South Wales through the lives of the author's ancestors. By looking hard and listening carefully, by being prepared not to look away, and at the same time, by delving with love into the specificity of those ancestral lives, this research entangles the author, and the reader, in the acts of colonisation that are taken for granted in their present day lives. Through letters, journals, photos, portraits,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004446702
• ISBN13: 9789004446700
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 452 Pages