Aboriginal Studies Stages 4-5
The new Survival: A History of Aboriginal Life in New South Wales
By Nigel Parbury
Department of Aboriginal Affairs, 2005
First published in 1986, out of print since 1991, hugely in demand, Survival has now been updated from early ’86 to end-2005, re-edited and expanded. But still with the same amazing graphics – and more!!
Funded by NSW Centenary of Federation and DAA: free copies have been provided to every school in NSW, every TAFE, and universities, as well as key Government agency CEOs.
Dreaming: understanding the spirit of traditional life - a whole-Australia perspective with a focus on south-east Australia - and how culture survives now;
Nightmare: Captain Cook to 1938, the Day of Mourning (cut-off point because it was the beginning of organized Aboriginal action, but who can say when the nightmare ended? Or if.)
Awakening: 1938 to early ’86, a double awakening: Aboriginal political action, other Australians waking up to themselves (a long process with a fair few slow learners).
Wake Up Australia: early ‘86 to now - deaths in custody, the Bicentennial, Mabo, Reconciliation, Wik, Sydney 2000, the end of ATSIC, new arrangements…. Where to now?
Survival is so many stories. 300+ pictures: photos, paintings, cartoons, maps, advertising logos, a host of images each telling its own story, spotlit by tightly worded captions. All the way through ochred text-boxes tell parallel stories, in tune with main story and pics. Launching the book, Linda Burney said it reflected people’s stories back to the reader ‘in a way that makes your heart jump’.
For sale ONLY through Board of Studies website www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au
$30 per copy (plus $9 postage for more than 1 copy)
Go to ‘Shop Online’ > click on ‘Aboriginal Education’ > scroll down to Survival
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