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Item Open Access “Bandaids in a Battlefield”: The Anthropology of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support in Australia(2023) Reid, Alison KimItem Open Access Indigenous enlistment in the Australia Imperial Force(2020) Caines, RachelRachel Caines examines the data on Indigenous enlistment in the Australian Imperial Force of WWI and the impact of discriminatory policies. Caines was awarded the 2019 Hugh Martin Weir Prize for her research on how Aboriginal Australian, Torres Strait Islander, and Māori soldiers have been incorporated, or excluded, from the dominant narratives of the First World War.Item Open Access Visions of water(2020) Roulière, CamilleDr. Camille Roulière was the Winner of the 2019 Bill Cowan Barr Smith Library Fellowship. Using concepts of spatial poetics Rouliere explores a range of acoustic manifestations and sonic interventions around Australian waters and particularly the waters of the Murray – from natural to artificial or engineered sounds (and silences), their ecological relationships, and their expression in composition.Item Open Access The Kaurna children's letters to the Dresden Mission Society (1840-1843): their significance and background(2019) Amery, RobIn October 1838 two Lutheran missionaries, Clamor Schürmann and Christian Teichelmann of the Dresden Mission Society, arrived in Adelaide. They immediately set about learning the local Kaurna language. They opened a school at Piltawodli on the banks of the River Torrens where they taught Kaurna children to read and write in their own language. In 1841-43, a piece of classwork and two letters written by the children in the Kaurna language, using beautiful English copperplate writing, were sent to the Dresden Mission Society where they were retained in the archival collections now held by the Leipziger Missionswerk (Leipzig Mission). They were found in 1998 in storage in the Archives cellar. On 8 September 2014, these letters were presented on permanent loan by the Leipzig Mission to the Barr Smith Library where they are held on behalf of the Kaurna community. Associate Professor Rob Amery will present on the enormous significance of the letters, leading into the story of the Kaurna language movement and the wider connections with Germany through the work of Teichelmann and Schürmann.Item Open Access Stardust and Golden: Doug McEachern on his novel Stardust and Golden(2019) McEachern, DougStardust and Golden takes readers to Adelaide during the turbulent years of the Vietnam War, when conscription was on everyone’s minds, and young people took to the streets in protest. McEachern explores the culture of resistance, and also the powerful music influences of the time - the likes of Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane, that later became Jefferson Starship. The story circles around a student commune, in which five students with very different interests are living.Item Open Access The People's Poet transformed: Geoff Goodfellow in conversation with Garry Costello(2019) Goodfellow, GeoffLegendary performance poet and short prose writer Geoff Goodfellow has performed his poetry at schools, jails, colleges, universities, construction sites, factories, rock concerts and literary festivals, across Australia and in Canada, the United States, Cuba, China, Europe and the United Kingdom.Item Open Access Have book will travel : mapping provenance in Rare Books & Special Collections(2018) Larsen, Marie; Friends of the University of Adelaide Library; University of AdelaideFrom America, England, Europe and even Antarctica, many of the books held in Special Collections have travelled far and wide to get here. This discussion, with the Library’s Marie Larsen, showcases just how far some of these books have come, based on the inscriptions and bookplates found inside their covers. Marie will present a selection of books broken down into geographical areas with details of their history and origin. Questions Marie will be asking will include: What is Provenance; Types of Provenance; and Mapping. Locations will include: South Australia; Australia; the United Kingdom; the United States of America and Canada; Africa and Europe; New Zealand and Antarctica. Finally, we will be looking at Provenance Stories and Provenance Lost. An exciting mapping and literary project not to be missed.Item Open Access Nancy Atkinson(2018) McEwin, Emma; Friends of the University of Adelaide Library; University of AdelaideEmma will speak about Nancy Atkinson who was a pioneer bacteriologist in antibiotics and salmonellas from 1939 at the University of Adelaide and the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science. Interestingly, Emma’s grandmother, Jessica McEwin (nee Mawson), was working at the University of Adelaide as a bacteriologist at the same time as Nancy Atkinson. Writing about Nancy continues Emma’s theme of promoting lives which might otherwise go unrecognised. Situating Nancy Atkinson in the context of women scientists of the 20th Century and more particularly in the context of South Australian women scientists will help to highlight the significance of her achievements and contributions to scientific research. Emma will be making use of Nancy’s papers that are held in Special Collections.Item Open Access Salt Creek(2018) Treloar, Lucy; Friends of the University of Adelaide Library; University of AdelaideLucy Treloar on her widely read and awarded novel Salt Creek (2015) which tells the story of the Finch family fallen on hard times in the 1850s and their attempts to survive and make good on the land in the remote and inhospitable Coorong. Their attempts devastate the lives of the Ngarrindjeri people and unleash a chain of events that will tear the family asunder. Salt Creek won the Indie Award for Best Debut, the ABIA Matt Richell Award and the Dobbie Award, and was shortlisted for the 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the UK Walter Scott Prize.Item Open Access The boys from St Francis(2018) Mallett, Ashley; Friends of the University of Adelaide Library; University of AdelaideThis remarkable true story pays tribute to a band of Aboriginal boys who grew up together in one group home - many succeeding spectacularly in later life. In 1945, Anglican priest Father Percy Smith brought six boys from their Northern Territory home to an Adelaide beach suburb. There, they became the first boys of St Francis, a place that would house 50 such boys over 11 years. Some were sent, with the blessing of their mothers, to gain an education. Others were members of the Stolen Generations. In their interviews with Ashley Mallett, many of these men recall Father Smith's kindness and care. His successors, however, were often brutal, and the boys faced prejudice in a wider world largely built to exclude Indigenous Australians...Item Open Access Miss Mabel Marryat MBE and the league of loyal women(2018) Williss, Cheryl; Friends of the University of Adelaide Library; University of AdelaideMiss Marryat's Circle: a not so distant past In 1915, the second year of the Great War, Mabel Marryat - granddaughter of South Australia's first colonial chaplain Charles Howard - joined the newly formed League of Loyal Women. Mabel was active in the League's emergency corps, 'women who are prepared to give their service in any need that may arise'. It wasn't long before Mabel was appointed Honorary Supervisor of the Red Cross Depot at the Keswick Military Hospital: No. 7 AGH. After the war, the hospital was renamed RGH Keswick. Here Mabel stayed for 30 years. This book gives voice to the women of South Australia's first 110 years of European settlement and opportunity to reflect on the changing position of women in society. But the spotlight shines on Mabel. Her long and devoted community service - particularly to her 'Diggers' - was extraordinary.Item Open Access Bruce Munday: Those wild rabbits(Radio Adelaide 101.5 fm, 2017-08-17) Munday, BruceStoryteller Bruce Munday finds the rabbit saga irresistible - the naive hopes of the early settlers, the frustration, environmental damage, cost to agriculture, dreams shattered, and the lessons learned and ignored.Item Open Access Carol Lefevre: Quiet city -- untold stories(Radio Adelaide 101.5 fm, 2017-07-20) Lefevre, CarolCarol Lefevre traces the stories of West Terrace Cemetery's little-known inhabitants.Item Open Access Invisible mending(Radio Adelaide 101.5 fm, 2017-05-18) Ladd, MikeMike Ladd's new collection, Invisible Mending ranges across genres including essay, memoir, short story and poetry. Based loosely on the ideas of scarring and healing, Invisible Mending extends from family intimacies to connection and disconnection in the Australian community, environmental damage and repair. It also has an international view. Parts of it were written at an artist's residency in Malaysia and while travelling through South America.Item Open Access The art of science : Nicholas Baudin's voyagers 1800-1804(Radio Adelaide 101.5 fm, 2017-06-15) Fornasiero, Jean; Lawton, Lindl; West-Sooby, JohnIt was one of the most lavishly equipped scientific expeditions ever to leave Europe. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, French navigator Nicolas Baudin led two ships carrying 22 scientists and more than 230 officers and crew on a three-and-a-half-year voyage to the 'Southern Lands', charting coasts, studying the natural environment and recording encounters with indigenous peoples.Item Open Access Alastair Sarre : Ecstacy Lake(Radio Adelaide 101.5 fm, 2017-04-20) Sarre, AlastairAlastair Sarre talks about his Steve West novels.Item Open Access Calendar of cakes : recipes, tips and tricks from the South Australian Country Women's Association(Radio Adelaide 101.5 fm, 2016-09-15) Roberts, FionaItem Open Access Places women make(Radio Adelaide 101.5 fm, 2016-11-17) Jose, Jane; Lloyd, MeganPlaces Women Make tells stories of women shaping the Australian city - its buildings, spaces, and social and political agendas. Jane Jose takes a fresh look at city life, great places and the unsung urban heroines who made them. She explores the design of cities, the places we need and suggests urban life would be richer if women play more of a role in city design. Places Women Make honours women place-makers from history, while speaking to a new generation of designers about the possibilities to come.Item Open Access The unsentimental bloke(Radio Adelaide 101.5 fm, 2016-06-16) Butterss, PhilipItem Open Access The knowledge wars(Radio Adelaide 101.5 fm, 2016-08-18) Doherty, PeterIn 'The knowledge wars', Nobel prize winner Peter Doherty makes a passionate case for citizens to become informed and evaluate the facts of the debate for themselves and provides practical guidance on how to take action.