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1 y separately published work icon Where You From? : 'Terra Nullius,' Invasion of the Land, Invasion of the Body Carol Laseur , 1995 Perth : Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) , 1996 Z1612257 1995 single work criticism A published version of a talk given at Murdocch University in 1995, this paper frames the discussion on Anne Pratten's 1992 short film Terror Nullius, with regard to the social and historical screen representations of indigenous peoples by white Australians. As leseur notes, 'past (and some contemporary) images of Aboriginal Australia have not been altogether favourable. Mainstream film and photographic practice has mythologised and stereotyped Aboriginality in contradictory and ambivalent ways... [and that] Pratten's Terra Nullius exposes the tricks of the Australian colonial family.
1 y separately published work icon 'BeDevil': Colonial Images, Aboriginal Memories Carol Laseur , Perth : Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) , 1996 Z316170 1993 single work criticism
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