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1 Convict/Aboriginal Partnerships and Ruptured Histories in The Nightingale James Findlay , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 14 no. 1 2020; (p. 63-76)

'This article considers the convict/Aboriginal partnership at the heart of Jennifer Kent's The Nightingale. In doing so it locates Clare and Billy’s relationship within a broader representational history of convict/Aboriginal partnerships on screen. It explores how The Nightingale conforms to, or ruptures, the narrative patterns and tropes that have developed around such encounters. Furthermore, it considers the partnership’s revisionist potential and continuing limitations as a representational means to exploring the multi-layers of power, violence and colonisation on screen.' (Publication abstract)
1 Projecting Light Onto a Dark History – How Mid-century Cinema Resurrected Port Arthur’s Convict Past James Findlay , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: The Conversation , 13 March 2020;

'Tourism was an early money-spinner in Tasmania, with Port Arthur featuring on travel circuits by the late 1800s.' 
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