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28 relations: A. O. Neville, Australia, Cultural genocide, Dark Palace, Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Drylands (novel), English language, Eucalyptus (novel), Forced adoption in Australia, Fremantle Press, Genocide, History of Australia, History wars, Kim Scott, Miles Franklin Award, Moseley Royal Commission, Noongar, Novel, Our Generation (film), Paperback, Stolen Generations, Stream of consciousness (narrative mode), The Hindu, Thea Astley, Toni Morrison, Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, White Australia policy, 2000 in literature.
A. O. Neville
Auber Octavius Neville (20 November 1875 – 18 May 1954) was a public servant, notably Chief Protector of Aborigines, in Western Australia.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Cultural genocide
Cultural genocide or cultural cleansing is a concept that lawyer Raphael Lemkin distinguished in 1944 as a component of genocide.
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Dark Palace
Dark Palace is a novel by the Australian author Frank Moorhouse that won the 2001 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
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Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted by the General Assembly on Thursday, 13 September 2007, by a majority of 144 states in favour, 4 votes against (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States) and 11 abstentions (Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Colombia, Georgia, Kenya, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Samoa and Ukraine).
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Drylands (novel)
Drylands (1999) (subtitled "A Book for the World's Last Reader") is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Thea Astley.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.
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Eucalyptus (novel)
Eucalyptus is a 1998 novel by Australian novelist Murray Bail.
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Forced adoption in Australia
Forced adoption was the practice of taking the babies from unmarried mothers, against their will, and placing them for adoption.
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Fremantle Press
Fremantle Press (formerly known as Fremantle Arts Centre Press) is an independent publisher in Western Australia.
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Genocide
Genocide is intentional action to destroy a people (usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group) in whole or in part.
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History of Australia
The History of Australia refers to the history of the area and people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding Indigenous and colonial societies.
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History wars
The history wars in Australia are an ongoing public debate over the interpretation of the history of the British colonisation of Australia and development of contemporary Australian society (particularly with regard to the impact on Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders).
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Kim Scott
Kim Scott (born 18 February 1957) is an Australian novelist of Indigenous Australian ancestry.
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Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases".
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Moseley Royal Commission
The Moseley Royal Commission, officially titled the Royal Commission Appointed to Investigate, Report and Advise Upon Matters in Relation to the Condition and Treatment of Aborigines was a Royal Commission established by the Government of Western Australia in 1934 to hear evidence regarding the treatment of Aboriginal people.
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Noongar
The Noongar (also spelt Nyungar, Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, Yunga) are a constellation of peoples of Indigenous Australian descent who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast.
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Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.
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Our Generation (film)
Our Generation is a 2010 Australian documentary film about the struggle of Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory to retain their land, culture and freedom.
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Paperback
A paperback is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.
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Stolen Generations
The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments.
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Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)
In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode or method that attempts to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind.
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The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper, headquartered at Chennai.
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Thea Astley
Thea Astley (25 August 1925 – 17 August 2004) was an Australian novelist and short story writer.
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Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931) is an American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher, and professor emeritus at Princeton University.
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Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards (PBA) is an award for books, scripts, digital narrative and a People's Choice.
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White Australia policy
The term White Australia policy comprises various historical policies that effectively barred people of non-European descent from emigrating into Australia.
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2000 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 2000.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benang
