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The Lone Protestor AM Fernando in Australia and Europe Fiona Paisley (PB, 2012)
The Lone Protestor AM Fernando in Australia and Europe Fiona Paisley (PB, 2012)
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This is an important study of an important, though very little known, Aboriginal figure.Professor Peter Read, University of Sydney, In this thoroughly researched and moving biography Fiona Paisley illustrates the importance of taking imperial histories beyond the boundaries of the nation. Through the life of AM Fernando we see how the personal geographies of a marginal Aboriginal Australian man can illuminate national histories of Britain and Australia, the political geographies of two World Wars and the international and imperial networks that battled over the rights of colonised peoples.Dr Caroline Bressey, Director, Equiano Centre, University College London, Paisley's The Lone Protestor captures Fernando's idiosyncrasies, the courage and alienation of his struggles, and, finally, the tragedy of the Australian Aboriginal whose dogged campaigns passed with insufficient notice from his fellow Australians. Almost a century later, The Lone Protester sets the historical record straight.Professor Grant Farred, Cornell University
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The late 1920s saw an extraordinary protest by an Australian Aboriginal man on the streets of London. Standing outside Australia House, Anthony Martin Fernando condemned the failure of British rule in his country. This is a study of Fernando's life and the self-professed mission that lasted half his life., The late 1920s marked an extraordinary protest by an Australian Aboriginal man on the streets of London. Standing outside Australia House, cloaked in tiny skeletons, Anthony Martin Fernando condemned the failure of British rule in his country. Drawn from an extensive search in archives from Australia and Europe, this is the first full-length study of Fernando's life and the self-professed mission that lasted half his adult life. A moving account, it chronicles the various forms of action taken by Fernando--from pamphlets on the streets of Rome to speeches in the famous Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park--and brings to light previously unknown details about his extraordinary life in Australia and overseas., The late 1920s saw an extraordinary protest by an Australian Aboriginal man on the streets of London. Standing outside Australia House, cloaked in tiny skeletons, Anthony Martin Fernando condemned the failure of British rule in his country. Fernando is believed to be the first Aboriginal person to protest conditions in Australia from the streets of Europe. His various forms of action, from pamphlets on the streets of Rome to the famous Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, distinguish this lone protestor as a unique Aboriginal activist of his time.Drawn from an extensive search in archives from Australia and Europe, this is the first full-length study of Fernando's life and the self-professed mission that lasted half his adult life.
In our PearlPress Store we have an extensive range of other new and pre owned books by First Nations Australians, books about Indigenous Australia and on Aboriginal Themes
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