New lives in an old land : re-turning to the colonisation of New South Wales through stories of my parents and their ancestors / Bronwyn Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Bronwyn, 1945- author.

Series:

Brill's specials in modern history ; Volume 4.

Brill's Specials in Modern History ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New South Wales--History--Biography.

New South Wales.

Davies, Bronwyn, 1945---Family.

Davies, Bronwyn.

Schimmelpfennig (Family : 1856-2013 : Colo.).

Schimmelpfennig (Family :.

Blomfield family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

This book re-turns to the colonisation of New South Wales through the lives of the author's ancestors. By looking hard and listening carefully, by being prepared not to look away, and at the same time, by delving with love into the specificity of those ancestral lives, this research entangles the author, and the reader, in the acts of colonisation that are taken for granted in their present day lives. Through letters, journals, photos, portraits, newspaper clippings and official records, the author re-turns to the spacetimemattering of colonial lives. She finds the means to re-think the scarifications of the present, of people and landscapes. Bringing concepts from Deleuze and Barad, among others, she re-thinks the way history might be done.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Prologue

PART 1: Picking at the Skin of Silence: Stories of My Parents and Grandparents

1 Growing up at 98 Upper Street

2 Alice (Al) Nivison and Euston Blomfield

3 Norma Nivison Blomfield

4 Jean Carty and George William Hope Davies

5 Thomas Alfred Davies (Tom)

PART 2: Of Princes, Paupers and Soldiers: Stories of My Father's Family

6 Rodri Mawr, King of All Wales

7 Danish Princes and Princesses

8 David Campbell and the Bushrangers

9 From Soldier to Farmer to Magistrate: Thomas Alfred Davies and Maria Louisa Campbell

10 Small Selectors: Margaret Miles and Michael Carty

PART 3: Of Judges and Surveyors, Sailors and Soldiers, Convicts and Farmers: Stories of My Mother's Family

Introduction to Part 3

11 The First Fleet. David Collins: Buried in Oblivion?

12 The Irish Uprising: Thomas Blomfield in Ireland

13 Richard Brooks: A Tragic Journey

14 Thomas Valentine (Val) Blomfield: At War with Napoleon

15 Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land: David Collins and His Descendants

16 Opening Up the Interior of New South Wales: William Cox

17 A Woman's View of the Colony: Christiana Brooks

18 From Soldier to Farmer: Thomas Valentine and Christiana Jane Brooks

19 Deputy Surveyor General: Samuel Perry and Surveying and Mapping the Land

20 From Scottish Tenant Farmers to Landed Gentry: Mary Wightman and Abraham Nivison

Epilogue

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

References

Index of Authors

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-44671-0

OCLC:

1235903344

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004446717 DOI