... Volume 90 Issue 4 (Nov 2010). Savage or Civilised?: Manners in Colonial Australia [Book Revie... more ... Volume 90 Issue 4 (Nov 2010). Savage or Civilised?: Manners in Colonial Australia [Book Review]. Grunseit, Paula (Reviewed by). Full Text PDF (216kb). To cite this article: Grunseit, Paula. ... Personal Author: Grunseit, Paula. Source: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine, Vol. 90, No. ...
Redland Shire lies between the Brisbane City limits and the waters of Moreton Bay and is named af... more Redland Shire lies between the Brisbane City limits and the waters of Moreton Bay and is named after its red soil, which has provided fertile farmland since the establishment of the City of Brisbane. The photographic collection entitled ‘Langafonua’ pictures Pacific Islanders building a new life in Redland Shire. In 2002 it was exhibited in the Redlands Gallery from 16 March to 12 April, and then at the Australian Historical Association Annual Conference in Brisbane in July. The photographs and text explore aspects of cultural life of the Polynesian families who immigrated from the South Pacific in the 1970s. The title ‘Langafonua’ connotes the aspirations of this community as it attempts to build a new life in Australia. The migrant families pictured here work in fields that are often on the cusp of rezoning for residential development. Much of the land is still owned by retired Italian farmers who lease the farms to Tongans and Samoans. In the hands of the Islanders, the farms pro...
While touring Tahiti in 1891, the American historian Henry Adams compiled an album of large-scale... more While touring Tahiti in 1891, the American historian Henry Adams compiled an album of large-scale photographic prints that he purchased from commercial studios in Papeete. Souvenir album making was a popular pursuit amongst nineteenth-century Euro-American travellers who used the opportunity to project, validate and narrate desired travel experiences. Unlike others, Adams’s album is seemingly random and banal and lacks any clear narrative. This article attempts to make sense of Adams’s album. It asks to what extent the photographs performed their common function and validated Adams’s experience and expectations of Tahiti. It questions what the album reflects of Adams’s background, tastes and position in the islands as an elite traveller. It considers what was available for Adams to purchase from Papeete’s commercial studios, businesses that traded at a key moment in Tahiti’s complex colonial history. This article suggests that the album is a site where Adams’s desires and despair in...
... Making a modern girl from coast to coast: The visual construction of 'Osa Johnson' ... more ... Making a modern girl from coast to coast: The visual construction of 'Osa Johnson' across the Pacific. In Prue Ahrens and Lamont Lindstrom (Ed.), Coast to coast: Case histories of modern Pacific crossings (pp. ... Editor(s), Prue Ahrens Lamont Lindstrom. ...
... Volume 90 Issue 4 (Nov 2010). Savage or Civilised?: Manners in Colonial Australia [Book Revie... more ... Volume 90 Issue 4 (Nov 2010). Savage or Civilised?: Manners in Colonial Australia [Book Review]. Grunseit, Paula (Reviewed by). Full Text PDF (216kb). To cite this article: Grunseit, Paula. ... Personal Author: Grunseit, Paula. Source: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine, Vol. 90, No. ...
Redland Shire lies between the Brisbane City limits and the waters of Moreton Bay and is named af... more Redland Shire lies between the Brisbane City limits and the waters of Moreton Bay and is named after its red soil, which has provided fertile farmland since the establishment of the City of Brisbane. The photographic collection entitled ‘Langafonua’ pictures Pacific Islanders building a new life in Redland Shire. In 2002 it was exhibited in the Redlands Gallery from 16 March to 12 April, and then at the Australian Historical Association Annual Conference in Brisbane in July. The photographs and text explore aspects of cultural life of the Polynesian families who immigrated from the South Pacific in the 1970s. The title ‘Langafonua’ connotes the aspirations of this community as it attempts to build a new life in Australia. The migrant families pictured here work in fields that are often on the cusp of rezoning for residential development. Much of the land is still owned by retired Italian farmers who lease the farms to Tongans and Samoans. In the hands of the Islanders, the farms pro...
While touring Tahiti in 1891, the American historian Henry Adams compiled an album of large-scale... more While touring Tahiti in 1891, the American historian Henry Adams compiled an album of large-scale photographic prints that he purchased from commercial studios in Papeete. Souvenir album making was a popular pursuit amongst nineteenth-century Euro-American travellers who used the opportunity to project, validate and narrate desired travel experiences. Unlike others, Adams’s album is seemingly random and banal and lacks any clear narrative. This article attempts to make sense of Adams’s album. It asks to what extent the photographs performed their common function and validated Adams’s experience and expectations of Tahiti. It questions what the album reflects of Adams’s background, tastes and position in the islands as an elite traveller. It considers what was available for Adams to purchase from Papeete’s commercial studios, businesses that traded at a key moment in Tahiti’s complex colonial history. This article suggests that the album is a site where Adams’s desires and despair in...
... Making a modern girl from coast to coast: The visual construction of 'Osa Johnson' ... more ... Making a modern girl from coast to coast: The visual construction of 'Osa Johnson' across the Pacific. In Prue Ahrens and Lamont Lindstrom (Ed.), Coast to coast: Case histories of modern Pacific crossings (pp. ... Editor(s), Prue Ahrens Lamont Lindstrom. ...
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