ASP e-newsletter – Issue 24, 2012

Welcome to the latest issue of the Aboriginal Studies Press enewsletter, filled with all our recent releases, events and goings on.

Congratulations to Russell McGregor

On 30 November A/Prof Russell McGregor was awarded the2012 NSW Premiers Australian History Prize for Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal people and the Australian nation. From the judges’ comments:

‘Using an impressive array of primary sources, McGregor develops an original and compelling argument…This book is filled with sharp insights into particular events and movements, and establishes a rich general context for this complex and important story. This book is critical to an understanding of twentieth century Aboriginal history and to an explanation of changing notions of Australian citizenship.’

Read the full judges’ comments on the SLNSW website.

Stanner Award closing soon!

If you are an Indigenous researcher, scholar or academic or you know someone who may be eligible, a reminder that the 2013 Stanner Award closes on 31 January 2013. This prestigious prize provides a cash prize of $5000, up to 50 hours editorial and writing support, an elegant Jenni Martiniello–designed trophy —and publication by Aboriginal Studies Press. The guidelines and entry form are available on the AIATSIS website.

Just out – the enlarged and updated Little Red Yellow Black companion website!

In conjunction with the release of the third edition of the very popular Little Red Yellow Black Book, ASP has commissioned a new LRYB website. Much expanded, with lots of Indigenous-created content, this brighter and bolder companion website brings together a wealth of information, resources and images. Whether you’re an educator who’ll find it valuable for in-class use with your students, or a general reader, there’ll be something to intrigue and enlighten you on the LRYB site! (Includes free teachers’ notes and timeline.)

Aboriginal Sydney app due out in January 2013

ASP will see its first phone app sold via Apple in January 2013. So if you’re visiting Sydney during January or later in the year, make time to explore Sydney with your smart phone, a good pair of walking shoes, and the Aboriginal Sydney app. Reading the book Aboriginal Sydney will provide you with extra information and additional site information.

And coming in 2013....

We’re about to launch ourselves into the world of Twitter and Facebook so we can keep you better informed about our new titles and news. We’ll let you know our tags in the first newsletter next year. The first books for 2013 will be Lawrence Bamblett’s stories of Erambie, an autobiography of Seaman Dan with accompanying CD and lots else besides.

 

 

Events

15 May — Patrick Sullivan, Senior Research Fellow at AIATSIS, spoke at Manning Clark House, Canberra. Entitled ‘Belonging Together: How Australian national identity depends on Australian Indigenous people’, the event was well attended, with Patrick answering a wide range of questions after his presentation.

19 May — We attended the NSW Teachers Federation Indigenous teachers’ conference held at Federation House, Surry Hills. Copies of all our books featured in the ASP’s wide range of teachers notes were for sale, with sample sets of notes for teachers to peruse.

23 May — Professor Peter Read launched The Lone Protestor by Fiona Paisley at Avid Reader Bookshop, West End, in Brisbane.  Fiona was also on air with Philip Adams that evening on RN’s Late Night Live, and has undertaken a wide range of media since then.

26 June — Dr Fiona Paisley was in conversation with Dr Heather Goodall about her book, The Lone Protestor, at the State Library of NSW, Sydney. Audience members were fascinated to hear about AM Fernando, a remarkable Aboriginal Australian who so ahead of his time and a forerunner for generations of later activists.

26 June — Dr Lisa Strelein, Director of Indigenous Country and Governance Research Program, AIATSIS, spoke at Manning Clark House, Canberra, on the promise of the Mabo High Court decision, and the subsequent 20 years of law making and implementation. Lisa’s book, Compromised Jurisprudence: Native title cases since Mabo, is available on the ASP website.

3 July — Associate Professor Russell McGregor from JCU, recently shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Award for History, spoke at Manning Clark House on his recent book, Indifferent Inclusion, and the history of constitutional change. On the following Thursday Russell was in conversation with Professor Ann McGrath from ANU at the National Library of Australia.

10 & 12 July — ASP held two lunchtime events at the 2012 Australian Historical Association conference in Adelaide, with Professor Angela Woollacott launching The Lone Protestor, and Professor Ann Curthoys speaking about two history titles from 2011, One Law for All? and Indifferent Inclusion.

17 July— Associate Professor Fiona Paisley will appear with Professor Tim Rowse at Manning Clark House from 5:30–7:30pm. On Wednesday, 18 July, Dr Paisley will hand over to the AIATSIS Collections three notebooks that belonged to AM Fernando. Bookings can be made via the Manning Clark House website.

24 July — Russell McGregor will speak at the State Library of NSW from 6pm. For bookings please go to the SLNSW booking page.

27–30 July — Sean Gorman will be appearing at the 2012 Kimberley Writers Festival at Kununurra, and will be a guest the week before on ABC Local Radio Broome on their Saturday sports program.

27 August — Professor Tim Rowse will be speaking at Manning Clark House on his just-published collection of essays, Rethinking Social Justice, from 5:30–7:30pm. Bookings via Manning Clark House.

You can keep up to date with our events by checking the News webpage on the ASP website.

 

 

Australian Aboriginal Studies

The first issue for 2012 has been released with articles by Jerry Schwab, ‘Indigenous early school leavers: failure, risk and high-stakes testing’; Rob Amery and Jack Buckskin writing on Kaurna and Narrunga kinship terms, and Jill Guthrie on methodological challenges associated with health statistics. We are able to process subscriptions at any stage. 2012 subscription rates for individuals are $60 plus $10 postage within Australia. For information on how to subscribe to the journal visit: http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/asj/asj.html.

AIATSIS News

AIATSIS has just held its annual NAIDOC week celebration with NAIDOC on the Pensinsula 2012. Another highly successful event, it was MC’d by comedian Sean Choolburra, with the multiple-award winning Dan Sultan leading the entertainment.

This year’s Native Title Conference was held in Townsville over the first week in June. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Mabo High Court decision which was a focus of the conference at which Attorney-General Nicola Roxon announced changes to the legislation. Many hundreds of people attended including many traditional owners.

The AIATSIS Library has recently made available a new online exhibition, ‘Remembering Mission Days: Stories from the Aborigines Inland Missions’, which includes digitised content from Our Aim and Australian Evangel.

The regular AIATSIS seminar series presented by the Research program continues this season. Further detail can be found at: http://aiatsis.gov.au/research/seminarseries/seminarseries2012-2.html.