The essay question that relates the most to the topic of Returning Home, New Family Histories is question 4, ‘Examine the relationships between the past and the present, and its necessary connections to place in indigenous literature and film’. To prepare for this assignment I would start by compiling a list of literature and films that focus and centre around the theme of stolen generation, identity, history and of course the theme of returning home. I would also look at current legislations and collect information regarding these themes and what has been done to perpetuate the issue of stolen generation, or what has been done to reconnect Indigenous Australians to their history, home and families.
Resources:
http://www.sgalliance.org.au/ - The Stolen Generations Alliance
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/bth_report/index.html - Bringing Them Home Report ‘the stolen children’
http://www.aph.gov.au/ - The Parliament of Australia Web Site
Some examples of Literature and Film:
Janke, R (2005), Butterfly song, Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin.
Bayet-Charlton, F (2002), Finding Ullagundahi Island, Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin.
Rabbit Proof Fence (2002), directed by Phillip Noyce
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