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- The Ghost Wife Jonathan Mills (composer), 1999 single work musical theatre
- The Chosen Vessel 2007 single work drama
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The original, possibly censored, version of this story which appeared in the Bulletin in 1896 as 'The Tramp' was revised and republished as 'The Chosen Vessel' in Bush Studies. An edition, also with the title, The Chosen Vessel, was privately printed. The original version has been reprinted in numerous anthologies and was broadcast on ABC radio in 2002.
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Barbara Baynton and the Horror of Women's Lives
2020
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essay
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 135 2020; -
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Contemporary Settler Literature : Resources for Students and Teachers
St Lucia
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AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource
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2017
13356230
2017
single work
multimedia
bibliography
'Here you will find an introduction to settler colonial theory and contemporary settler colonial literature. This exhibition is intended to survey the major and minor authors, works, and ideas involved with settler colonial writing in Australia, and, to a lesser extent, the United States, since the 1990s.
'In addition to the overview statements on this page, you can click on other tabs to see timeline of publication dates in historical context, a glossary of common terms, an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources, brief discussions of themes and motifs useful for student researchers and teachers interested in including settler colonialism in their curricula, and information about comparative settler colonial studies between Australia and the US.'
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The Bush Legend
Roger Osborne
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St Lucia
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AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource
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2011
5972495
2011
single work
criticism
'Since the nineteenth century, the legend of 'The Bush' has provided a powerful set of ideas, values and associations that continue to influence the way Australians think and talk about each other. The legend was promoted by a number of writers, historians and critics known as the radical nationalists. This group included Vance Palmer, Brian Fitzpatrick, Russel Ward and A. A. Phillips.These writers argue that bush life is central to the attitudes, values and traditions that many people regard as 'Australian' and that these qualities derive from the experience of nomadic bush workers such as shearers, swagmen and drovers. The images, ideas and arguments that you encounter in this Trail will help you to better understand the origins of this legend and the reasons why the legend continues to be a powerful force in the way Australians construct their identity. But in the selection of texts and audio-visual resources you will also encounter challenges to a dominant white male perpspective. The legend of the Bush is a complex idea that deserves close attention.'
(Source: Compiler's abstract)
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Reading Rape in Colonial Australia : Barbara Baynton's 'The Tramp', the Bulletin and Cultural Criticism
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , Special Issue 2010; 'This article proposes a re-reading of Barbara Baynton's short-story "The Tramp", published in the Bulletin in December 1896, and later reprinted as "The Chosen Vessel" in Bush Studies 1902. Literary criticism of this tale has tended to focus on its existence in this later version; in revisiting the 1896 publication of the story, this article reframes it in the context of the colonial debates about rape that marked the 1880s and 1890s. Of the numerous events that form potential intertexts here, this paper will focus on the relationship between 'The Tramp' and the Mount Rennie rape case of 1886-7. This case was the subject of countless editorials, reports and letters in the colonial press, as well as catalysing petitions, public meetings and parliamentary debates. The Bulletin in particular was preoccupied with Mount Rennie, regularly editorialising on it until the end of 1896, when those defendants who had not been executed were finally released. This paper argues that by reading Baynton's story as materially embedded in this rich colonial dialogue about rape, new fronts are opened up for feminist analysis. In particular, it is possible to evaluate the way that 'The Tramp' intersects in both radical and conservative ways with the colonial narrative of 'real rape' which structured debates at the time. (Author's abstract) -
The Outback
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Ob-Scene Spaces in Australian Narrative : An Account of the Socio-Topographic Construction of Space in Australian Literature 2009; (p. 57-188)
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A Note On Barbara Baynton
1949
single work
review
— Appears in: Arts Quarterly , Summer 1949; (p. 8-13)
— Review of The Chosen Vessel 1896 single work short story ; Bush Studies 1902 selected work short story ; Squeaker's Mate 1902 single work short story ; Scrammy 'And 1902 single work short story ; Billy Skywonkie 1902 single work short story ; Bush Church 1902 single work short story ; Human Toll 1907 single work novel Discusses Barbara Baynton's 'bare objectivity' and 'treatment of subject matter' which, in Peter Cowan's view, 'tends to exclude the writer's personality'. -
'The Chosen Vessel' : Barbara Baynton (1857-1929)
2007
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criticism
— Appears in: Australian Classics : Fifty Great Writers and Their Celebrated Works 2007; (p. 40-44) -
Barbara Baynton : A Dissident Voice from the Bush
1988
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criticism
— Appears in: Women and the Bush : Forces of Desire in the Australian Cultural Tradition 1988; (p. 148-170) -
Structure against Place, Fate and Cruelty : Deplorable State of Bush Women from the Works of Barbara Baynton
2008
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criticism
— Appears in: Women's Writing in English : India and Australia 2008; (p. 149-156) -
The Outback
2009
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criticism
— Appears in: Ob-Scene Spaces in Australian Narrative : An Account of the Socio-Topographic Construction of Space in Australian Literature 2009; (p. 57-188) -
Barbara Baynton
2008
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criticism
— Appears in: Fifty Books for Fifty Years : Celebrating Half a Century of Collecting 2008; (p. 12-13)
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