Biting the clouds : a Badtjala perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897 / Fiona Foley.

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TitleBiting the clouds : a Badtjala perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897 / Fiona Foley.Personal AuthorFoley, FionaSummaryA striking and compelling book reclaiming history by a renowned Indigenous visual artist. In this groundbreaking work of Indigenous scholarship, nationally renowned visual artist Fiona Foley addresses the inherent silences, errors and injustices from the perspective of her people, the Badtjala of K'gari (Fraser Island). She shines a critical light on the little-known colonial-era practice of paying Indigenous workers in opium and the 'solution' of then displacing them to K'gari.Biting the Clouds - a euphemism for being stoned on opium - combines historical, personal and cultural imagery to reclaim the Badtjala story from the colonisation narrative. Full-colour images of Foley's artwork add further impact to this important examination of Australian history.ImprintSt Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2020.Collation154 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm.Contents1. Mul'lu Ku'rui; 2. Out of the Sea Like Cloud; 3. A Cloud Hovered Over the Land; 4. The Opium Pipe Beclouds Their Lives; 5. In Clouds of Conflicting Opinions; 6. Billowing Clouds Above; Silence is Complicity.FormatBook

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Biting the clouds : a Badtjala perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897 / Fiona Foley.