Necklace of Pearl. "North of Capricorn: The Untold Story of Australia's North" by Henry Reynolds. [review]
Necklace of Pearl. "North of Capricorn: The Untold Story of Australia's North" by Henry Reynolds. [review]
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Date
2003-11
Authors
Jose, Nicholas
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Australian Book Review
Abstract
Reynolds takes aim at White Australia in his concluding chapters, but "North of Capricorn" is not a polemical book. Less black armband than necklace of pearl, it is a celebratory history, recovering a forgotten heritage that has a significant message for the present.
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Keywords
Australian,
Book Reviews,
Publishing,
Nicholas Jose,
Christine Anu,
My Island Home,
Neil Murray,
Torres Strait Islands,
Thursday Island,
White Australia Policy,
Indigenous aboriginal aborigine,
Japanese filipino sri lanka chinese catholic salvation army,
Hospital Board,
University of Michigan,
Gibraltar,
Asiatic asia,
Alexander Corran,
Torres Strait Pilot,
Alien Restriction Bill,
New Guinea,
Commonwealth,
Macassans,
Mackay Broome,
Melanesians,
Pacific Islanders,
Singapore Perth,
John Iremonger,
Brian Dalton,
James Cook University, Townsville,
Andrew McMillan An Intruder's Guide to East Arnhem Land,
Richard Baker Land is life: From Bush to Town: The Story of the Yanyuwa People,
Queensland,
South Australia Northern Territory,
Canberra Federation,
Colonial Office,
Adelaide-Darwin rail link,
Kylie Kwong Kwong Sue Duk,
Anglophone British/American
Citation
Jose, Nicholas 2003. Necklace of Pearl. Review of "North of Capricorn: The Untold Story of Australia's North" by Henry Reynolds. 'Australian Book Review', No 256, November, 11-12.