Parragirls : reimagining Parramatta Girls Home through art and memory /
Parragirls profiles how contemporary art helped transform the lives and memories of former residents of Parramatta Girls Home in Western Sydney, and a long-neglected site located on the lands of the Burramattagai people of the Darug nation. Focusing on the art and activism of Parragirls themselves,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sydney, NSW :
NewSouth Publishing,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Parragirls profiles how contemporary art helped transform the lives and memories of former residents of Parramatta Girls Home in Western Sydney, and a long-neglected site located on the lands of the Burramattagai people of the Darug nation. Focusing on the art and activism of Parragirls themselves, this ground-breaking book reveals how art can change places and perceptions, using images and creative writing to reimagine the difficult spaces and memories of a former child welfare institution. |
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| Item Description: | “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this book may contain images or names of deceased persons. Every effort has been made to honour the families of these people, while respecting cultural practice and the lives of those Stolen Generations and Forgotten Australians affected by the policies of successive governments which separated children from their parents, brothers and sisters. This book may include content of a distressing nature for some readers.”--Added title page. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 229 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps, colour portraits ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographic references. |
| ISBN: | 9781742236445 1742236448 |