'Stolen Generations' of the nineteenth century
This image comes from a 1993 exhibition of the Rare Books Collection held at Monash University Library. The exhibition notes for this image read: 'Here the woman is declaiming to the warriors of the tribe urging them to seek vengeance for the death of her grand-son, although, as Perron d'Arc tells us, the boy had died of natural causes.' Notes source. (1993) [emphasis added]
(Image used with permission of Monash University, April 2010)
Points for discussion.
- What are 'natural causes' in an indigenous context?
- Does it seem as if the exhibition notes writer agreed with Perron d'Arc's view? Justify your answer.
Read more about this exhibition here.
Aboriginality,
Poetry and Song