Connecting the Dots: Case Studies into the ‘Invisible Presence’ of Aboriginal People Living in Victoria

Recognising that invasion is a structure not an event (Wolfe, 2006) and that settler colonialism shapes the present in significant ways, this thesis investigates the invisible presence of Aboriginal Victorians through a study of the Victorian gold rush and Australian Rules football. As key markers o...

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Main Author: Coyle, Jessi
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76287
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description Recognising that invasion is a structure not an event (Wolfe, 2006) and that settler colonialism shapes the present in significant ways, this thesis investigates the invisible presence of Aboriginal Victorians through a study of the Victorian gold rush and Australian Rules football. As key markers of Australian national identity, the case studies demonstrate the importance of white belonging to identity construction and argue that Aboriginal Victorians are necessarily invisibly present within the settler colonial present (Veracini, 2015).
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-762872019-09-13T03:36:05Z Connecting the Dots: Case Studies into the ‘Invisible Presence’ of Aboriginal People Living in Victoria Coyle, Jessi Recognising that invasion is a structure not an event (Wolfe, 2006) and that settler colonialism shapes the present in significant ways, this thesis investigates the invisible presence of Aboriginal Victorians through a study of the Victorian gold rush and Australian Rules football. As key markers of Australian national identity, the case studies demonstrate the importance of white belonging to identity construction and argue that Aboriginal Victorians are necessarily invisibly present within the settler colonial present (Veracini, 2015). 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76287 Curtin University fulltext
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Connecting the Dots: Case Studies into the ‘Invisible Presence’ of Aboriginal People Living in Victoria
title Connecting the Dots: Case Studies into the ‘Invisible Presence’ of Aboriginal People Living in Victoria
title_full Connecting the Dots: Case Studies into the ‘Invisible Presence’ of Aboriginal People Living in Victoria
title_fullStr Connecting the Dots: Case Studies into the ‘Invisible Presence’ of Aboriginal People Living in Victoria
title_full_unstemmed Connecting the Dots: Case Studies into the ‘Invisible Presence’ of Aboriginal People Living in Victoria
title_short Connecting the Dots: Case Studies into the ‘Invisible Presence’ of Aboriginal People Living in Victoria
title_sort connecting the dots: case studies into the ‘invisible presence’ of aboriginal people living in victoria
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76287