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Constructions of Colonialism Perspectives on Eliza Fraser's Shipwreck
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Constructions of Colonialism Perspectives on Eliza Fraser's Shipwreck Hardcover - 1999

by Ian J. McNiven


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One of the most famous shipwreck sagas of the 19th century took place on the tropical coast of north-east Australia. In 1836 the Stirling Castle was wrecked off the Queensland coast and many of the crew, together with the captain's wife, Eliza Fraser, were marooned on Fraser Island. Early sensationalized accounts represent Mrs Fraser as an innocent white victim of colonialism and her Aboriginal captors as barbarous savages. These first contact narratives of the white woman and her Aboriginal captors impacted significantly on England and the politics of Empire at an early stage in Australia's colonial history. The text critically examines the Eliza Fraser episode by bringing together an interdisciplinary team of authors, artists, members of the Fraser Island Aboriginal community and academics in the areas of cultural and women's studies, literature, history, anthropology, archaeology, the visual and creative arts.

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  • Title Constructions of Colonialism Perspectives on Eliza Fraser's Shipwreck
  • Author Ian J. McNiven
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Publisher Leicester University Press, London
  • Date January 1999
  • ISBN 9780718501396
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