Biting the Clouds: The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897
Author(s)
Primary Supervisor
Woodrow, Ross
Younger, Jay
Other Supervisors
Whamond, Ashley
Year published
2017
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This Doctoral project deals with the treatment of Aboriginal people in Queensland during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with a particular emphasis on the impact of The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897 within Badtjala ‘country’. Drawing evidence from Aboriginal knowledge and European archives the research brings a Badtjala perspective to this first experiment to ‘solve the problem’ of opium addicted Australian Aborigines that took place on Fraser Island in the period from 1897 to 1904. An exhibition, Horror Has A Face, supported by an exegesis, Biting the Clouds, seeks to ...
View more >This Doctoral project deals with the treatment of Aboriginal people in Queensland during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with a particular emphasis on the impact of The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897 within Badtjala ‘country’. Drawing evidence from Aboriginal knowledge and European archives the research brings a Badtjala perspective to this first experiment to ‘solve the problem’ of opium addicted Australian Aborigines that took place on Fraser Island in the period from 1897 to 1904. An exhibition, Horror Has A Face, supported by an exegesis, Biting the Clouds, seeks to address this historiography and its inherent silences, errors and injustices using an Indigenist research framework in which art can play a significant role.
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View more >This Doctoral project deals with the treatment of Aboriginal people in Queensland during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with a particular emphasis on the impact of The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897 within Badtjala ‘country’. Drawing evidence from Aboriginal knowledge and European archives the research brings a Badtjala perspective to this first experiment to ‘solve the problem’ of opium addicted Australian Aborigines that took place on Fraser Island in the period from 1897 to 1904. An exhibition, Horror Has A Face, supported by an exegesis, Biting the Clouds, seeks to address this historiography and its inherent silences, errors and injustices using an Indigenist research framework in which art can play a significant role.
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Thesis Type
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Degree Program
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School
Queensland College of Art
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Subject
Aboriginals
Opium Act, 1897
Badtjala perspective
Fraser Island