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The Rock : Looking into Australia's 'Heart of Darkness' from the Edge of Its Wild Frontier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Aaron.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smith, Aaron, 1969-.
- Smith, Aaron.
- Journalists--Australia--Biography.
- Journalists.
- Community life.
- Country life--Australia.
- Country life.
- Cultural pluralism--Australia.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions--20th century.
- Aboriginal Australians.
- Torres Strait Islanders--Social conditions--20th century.
- Torres Strait Islanders.
- Australia--History.
- Australia.
- Australia--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Rock
- Place of Publication:
- Melbourne : Transit Lounge Publishing, 2020.
- Summary:
- Journalist Aaron Smith's new memoir holds up a unique mirror to Australia. What he sees is at once amazing, disturbing and revealing. The Rock explores the failings of our nation's character, its unresolved past and its uncertain future from the vantage point of its most northerly outpost, Thursday Island. Smith was the fearless editor, journalist and the paperboy of Australia's most northerly newspaper, the Torres News, a small independent regional tabloid that up until late 2019 serviced a predominantly Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal readership across some of the most remote and little understood communities in Australia. The Rock is a story of self-discovery where Smith grapples to understand a national identity marred by its racist underbelly, where he is transplanted from his white-boy privileged suburban life to being a racial and cultural minority, and an outsider. Peppered with his experiences, Smith gradually and sensitively becomes embedded in island life while vividly capturing the endless and often farcical parade of personalities and politicians including Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott. Smith pulls no punches while he reflects on the history of Terra Australis incognita, dissecting what is truly Australia, and its gaping cultural and moral divide.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- The Four Axioms of the Bush
- A Fore (Letter) Word
- Chapter 1: The Wild Frontier
- Chapter 2: Going Strait
- Chapter 3: A War of Words
- Chapter 4: On the Rocks
- Chapter 5: Muralag Moonshine
- Chapter 6: On the Lighter Side
- Chapter 7: Dire Straits
- Chapter 8: Birds of a Feather
- Chapter 9: Ship of Fools
- Chapter 10: Going Native
- Chapter 11: Thirsty Island
- Chapter 12: A Dog Act
- Chapter 13: Flowers for a Watery Grave
- Chapter 14: South of the Border
- Chapter 15: Handshakes and Poisonous Snakes
- Chapter 16: Mind the Gap
- Chapter 17: The Zoo
- Chapter 18: Whitewashing and Black Cladding
- Chapter 19: Lore of the Land
- Chapter 20: All the King's Horses
- Chapter 21: Trick or Treaty
- Chapter 22: Where the Wind Turns
- Chapter 23: In Black and White
- Chapter 24: The Rock
- Essos and Acknowledgements
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781925760682
- 1925760685
- OCLC:
- 1232140913
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