Diemens: Reimagining Colonial Encounters Novel and Exegesis

This thesis consists of a creative component, the novel Diemens; and an exegesis, Reimagining Colonial Encounters. Both will attempt to answer the question, ‘How might contemporary works of historical fiction reimagine colonial encounters between settlers and Aboriginal Australians to reflect the n...

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Main Author: Salvidge, Guy
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2024
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/97136
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Summary:This thesis consists of a creative component, the novel Diemens; and an exegesis, Reimagining Colonial Encounters. Both will attempt to answer the question, ‘How might contemporary works of historical fiction reimagine colonial encounters between settlers and Aboriginal Australians to reflect the nuances of historian Lynette Russell’s ‘alternative view of the past’?’ Together, my novel and exegesis explore the nuances of Russell’s quote in reimagining a crucial chapter in Australian history.