MAKING CONNECTIONS AND ATTACHMENTS: WRITING THE LIVES OF TWO NINETEENTH-CENTURY ABORIGINAL MEN

This article traces the history of biographies about Indigenous Australian people, and suggests key differences in approach between Indigenous and non-Indigenous biographers. Through a study of two Aboriginal men—Gogy and Bungin—this article suggests that by emulating Indigenous approaches and expli...

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Published in:Biography (Honolulu) 2016-06, Vol.39 (3), p.410-428
Main Author: KONISHI, SHINO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Aboriginal Australians
Analysis
Australian aborigines
Australian history
Autobiographies
Biographers
Biographies
Biography
Child molestation
Colonialism
Empathy
Historians
History
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous populations
Masculinity
Men
Native peoples
Spousal abuse
Studies
Truth
Western Australia Australia
Women
Writing
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Summary:This article traces the history of biographies about Indigenous Australian people, and suggests key differences in approach between Indigenous and non-Indigenous biographers. Through a study of two Aboriginal men—Gogy and Bungin—this article suggests that by emulating Indigenous approaches and explicitly acknowledging our connection and attachment to the subject, we can better discern the lives of historical Indigenous figures as individuals.
ISSN:0162-4962
1529-1456
1529-1456
DOI:10.1353/bio.2016.0050