Black and white: Fred McGIll was a polyglot in a land being conquered by the language of elsewhere. Kim Scott muses on a time when Australia was for the white man
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Reflections on Fred McGill, an aboriginal intellectual in the age of "Australia for the white man," leads to thoughts on language and its relationship to identity and belonging. Australian English, the default language, lacks words to describe and signify Australian terrestrial nuances, and thus reveals its inadequacy.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2001
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Indian ink: Kim Mahood, with a name taken directly from Kipling, finds mysterious India is all it promised -- and more
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A young girl first learns of India through literature, then through first-hand experience. Her senses over-loaded by India, the girl returns to Australia to the relief of her psyche. She discovers a way too use her experience, imagination, and language to discover something new and real.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2001
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