Louisa Atkinson S Nature Notes

Author : Penny Olsen
Publisher : National Library of Australia
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780642278609

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Louisa Atkinson's Nature Notes by Penny Olsen Pdf

Nineteenth-century writer and journalist Louisa Atkinson was a remarkable woman. She was the author, at the age of 23, of the first novel penned by a native-born woman to be published in Australia. She was also a keen naturalist, whose close observations and detailed knowledge of the natural world found expression in the articles she wrote for Sydney newspapers. Yet Louisa Atkinson also created many artworks of the flora and fauna around her home in the Blue Mountains, most of which went unpublished during her lifetime. Presented in the style of a sketchbook, and organised by season, Louisa Atkinson’s Nature Notes teams Louisa’s beautiful drawings and paintings of Australian plants, animals and birds with short extracts from her nature writings. The book includes an essay about Louisa Atkinson’s life and milieu by nature and science writer Penny Olsen. In Louisa Atkinson: Nature Notes Louisa’s beautiful sketches of Australian plants and wildlife are brought together with her articles from the Sydney newspapers in a reimagining of one of her sketchbooks. The result is a season-by-season account of nature in the Australian bush, observed by one who had a great respect and love for even the smallest of creatures. Perfect for dipping into, Louisa Atkinson’s Nature Notes is a nostalgic coffee-table book for anyone who loves art, nature or history. An ideal Mother’s Day or Christmas gift. The selection of Louisa’s writings was edited and chosen by natural history author, Penny Olsen, who has also contributed a short lively biography at the back of the book.

Author : Dale Spender
Publisher : Spinifex Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0863581722

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Writing a New World by Dale Spender Pdf

A history still in the making -- Australian women writers through their letters, diaries and fictions have created a new world of literature. Dale Spender in this lively and provocative history of white women's literature presents a fresh and forthright view of the achievements of convict writers to writers and feminists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Author : Penny Olsen
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781486314188

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Feather and Brush by Penny Olsen Pdf

Feather and Brush traces the history of bird art in Australia – from the simple engravings illustrating accounts of the earliest European voyages of discovery to the diversity of artwork available today. It explores the early European approach, in which naval draughtsmen, officers, convicts, settlers, naturalists, artists and scientists alike contributed both to the art and the science of ornithology, through to a wealth of contemporary artists who feature birds in their works. This book contains more than 400 images, representing the work of 158 artists; some well-known, others published for the first time. The illustrations have been selected for their interest, whether ornithological, historical or artistic. They range from classical to quirky, decorative to functional, monumental to intimate. Together they demonstrate the rich history of Australian bird art, as it evolved in Europe and Australia, and continues today, along with the trends and technologies of the times. This second edition includes new and revised chapters, and features about 200 new artworks, including some by Indigenous artists. Cultural sensitivity Readers are warned that there may be words, descriptions and terms used or referenced in this book that are culturally sensitive. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this book contains images and names of deceased persons.

Author : Debra Adelaide
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000058995

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A Bright and Fiery Troop by Debra Adelaide Pdf

From the first novel published in mainland Australia in 1838 women have been writing it for themselves. Among them are poets, prolific novelists such as Rosa Praed, botanists like Louisa Atkinson. From household names to obscurity, this book rediscovers the rich treasures of Australia's literary tradition. It is the first critical analysis of the major Australian women writers of the 19th century.

Author : Tom Griffiths
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0521483492

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Hunters and Collectors by Tom Griffiths Pdf

Hunters and Collectors is about historical consciousness and environmental sensibilities in European Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It is in part a collective biography of amateur antiquarians, archaeologists, naturalists, journalists and historians: people who shaped the Australian historical imagination. Dr Griffiths illuminates the way these avid collectors and investigators of the Australian land and of its indigenous inhabitants contributed a sense of identity at colony-wide and eventually nationwide level. He also considers the rise of professional history, anthropology and archaeology in the universities, which ignored the efforts of the amateurs. Griffiths shows how the seemingly trivial activities of these hunters and collectors feed into the political and environmental debates of the 1990s. This book is outstanding in its originality, interpretative insight and literary flair.

Author : Jessica Gildersleeve
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 669 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000281705

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The Routledge Companion to Australian Literature by Jessica Gildersleeve Pdf

In recent years, Australian literature has experienced a revival of interest both domestically and internationally. The increasing prominence of work by writers like Christos Tsiolkas, heightened through television and film adaptation, as well as the award of major international prizes to writers like Richard Flanagan, and the development of new, high-profile prizes like the Stella Prize, have all reinvigorated interest in Australian literature both at home and abroad. This Companion emerges as a part of that reinvigoration, considering anew the history and development of Australian literature and its key themes, as well as tracing the transition of the field through those critical debates. It considers works of Australian literature on their own terms, as well as positioning them in their critical and historical context and their ethical and interactive position in the public and private spheres. With an emphasis on literature’s responsibilities, this book claims Australian literary studies as a field uniquely positioned to expose the ways in which literature engages with, produces and is produced by its context, provoking a critical re-evaluation of the concept of the relationship between national literatures, cultures, and histories, and the social function of literary texts.

Author : Selina Samuels
Publisher : Detroit [Mich.] : Gale Group
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Australia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025152070

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Australian Literature, 1788-1914 by Selina Samuels Pdf

This volume commences in 1788, the year of the arrival of the First Fleet, sent to colonize Australia and is the logical starting point since the focus is on Australian literature in English, and does include entries on Aboriginal writers who wrote and published in English. Entries include those writers who produced at least their first important work before the end of 1914.

Author : Inga Simpson
Publisher : Blackfriars
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780349134420

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Where the Trees Were by Inga Simpson Pdf

'All in?' Kieran pulled me up, and the others followed. We gathered around the bigger tree. No one asked Matty - he just reached up and put his right hand on the trunk with ours. Kieran cleared his throat. 'We swear, on these trees, to always be friends. To protect each other - and this place.' When Jay and her four childhood friends find a group of ancient trees carved by an Aboriginal tribe to identify sacred land, their eyes are opened to an older world. The tightly-knit group are at their most free on the river that runs through the farm, near the trees, and their childhood has a magical quality as they grow always closer, protected from the adult world. But as tension over land rights flickers in the grown-ups' lives, the children's attempt to protect the grove ends in disaster. Seventeen years later, Jay finally has her chance to make amends. Not every wrong can be put right, but sometimes looking the other way is no longer an option. But at what cost? Praise for Nest '(a) truly rich novel' Sydney Morning Herald 'a thoroughly enjoyable, uplifting read' Mindfood Praise for Mr Wigg 'beautiful and absorbing' Sydney Morning Herald 'Simpson is a beautiful writer' Big Issue

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : American literature
ISBN : PRNC:32101065271064

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Atkinson's Casket by Anonim Pdf

Author : Penny Olsen
Publisher : National Library Australia
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780642277534

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Collecting Ladies by Penny Olsen Pdf

Around 1870, Ferdinand von Mueller, the greatest Australian botanist of the nineteenth century, began to advertise in several newspapers across Australia for 'lady' plant collectors. This was at a time when women typically had little recourse to science, or contact with men outside their circle of friends, making Mueller's network of ladies quite extraordinary. Collecting Ladies profiles 14 of Mueller's coterie of women collectors. Included are Fanny Charsley, Louisa Atkinson, Annie Walker and Ellis Rowan for whom Mueller made time to assist in pursuit of their own passions. He identified the plants they painted and provided letters of introduction to publishers and scientists. Together, these ladies produced some of the most beautiful books and botanical art to come out of Australia in the nineteenth century, covering all the Australian colonies.

Author : Michael R. Canfield
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780674072060

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Field Notes on Science and Nature by Michael R. Canfield Pdf

Once in a great while, as the New York Times noted recently, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1838, was one. Roger Tory Peterson’s 1934 Field Guide to the Birds was another. How does such insight into nature develop? Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their native habitat, Field Notes on Science and Nature allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions. What did George Schaller note when studying the lions of the Serengeti? What lists did Kenn Kaufman keep during his 1973 “big year”? How does Piotr Naskrecki use relational databases and electronic field notes? In what way is Bernd Heinrich’s approach “truly Thoreauvian,” in E. O. Wilson’s view? Recording observations in the field is an indispensable scientific skill, but researchers are not generally willing to share their personal records with others. Here, for the first time, are reproductions of actual pages from notebooks. And in essays abounding with fascinating anecdotes, the authors reflect on the contexts in which the notes were taken. Covering disciplines as diverse as ornithology, entomology, ecology, paleontology, anthropology, botany, and animal behavior, Field Notes offers specific examples that professional naturalists can emulate to fine-tune their own field methods, along with practical advice that amateur naturalists and students can use to document their adventures.

Author : Ferdinand von Müller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781108021050

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Plants of New South Wales by Ferdinand von Müller Pdf

A survey of both native and introduced plants in the Australian state of New South Wales, first published in 1885.

Author : Marc Oxenham
Publisher : Australian Academic Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781875378906

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Forensic Approaches to Death, Disaster and Abuse by Marc Oxenham Pdf

During the last 100 years infant mortality rates have improved dramatically, yet even in a developed country such as Australia the physical health of infants varies greatly, despite advances in science and technology. It has now become clear that emotional and physical development is affected by many different variables. Not only must physical development and health support be adequate, but the presence of factors such as good-enough parenting, and the absence of others such as substance abuse and domestic violence, are now becoming better understood. So how best to work with families where infants are at risk? This is the substance of this book: to understand how to achieve improved outcomes for infants growing up in situations of risk, mainly in the area of the parents' mental health, but also in other related psychosocial circumstances that may impair parental functioning. These include migration, substance abuse, and infant hospitalisation. Throughout this book, the authors examine the effects of adverse life circumstances on infant and family and, in most cases, also describe assessments and interventions. Several chapters have been written by people personally affected by mental illness, or mental illness of a family member. This provides in-depth and often poignant understanding of the perspective of those living with the effects of such illnesses, and helps to expand our knowledge and skills to work with at-risk families.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Australia
ISBN : IND:30000107480513

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Australian Folklore by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nicholas Birns,Nicole Moore,Sarah Shieff
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603292894

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Teaching Australian and New Zealand Literature by Nicholas Birns,Nicole Moore,Sarah Shieff Pdf

Australia and New Zealand, united geographically by their location in the South Pacific and linguistically by their English-speaking inhabitants, share the strong bond of hope for cultural diversity and social equality--one often challenged by history, starting with the appropriation of land from their Indigenous peoples. This volume explores significant themes and topics in Australian and New Zealand literature. In their introduction, the editors address both the commonalities and differences between the two nations' literatures by considering literary and historical contexts and by making nuanced connections between the global and the local. Contributors share their experiences teaching literature on the iconic landscape and ecological fragility; stories and perspectives of convicts, migrants, and refugees; and Maori and Aboriginal texts, which add much to the transnational turn. This volume presents a wide array of writers--such as Patrick White, Janet Frame, Katherine Mansfield, Frank Sargeson, Witi Ihimaera, Christina Stead, Allen Curnow, David Malouf, Les Murray, Nam Le, Miles Franklin, Kim Scott, and Sally Morgan--and offers pedagogical tools for teachers to consider issues that include colonial and racial violence, performance traditions, and the role of language and translation. Concluding with a list of resources, this volume serves to support new and experienced instructors alike.