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Widely published Australian author and historian Christobel Mattingley has written biographies of two significant Tasmanians, two major Aboriginal histories, three film scripts about women artists, and accounts of a Second World War bomber pilot and of a Bosnian refugee, all using oral history. This article outlines aspects of her approach to her writing and to her subjects, and how her books have emerged from her own life journey.
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A Country Postmistress, Women Artists, Aboriginal People, a Tin Miner, a Bomber Pilot, a Refugee: Publishing Their Stories
Oral History Association of Australia
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Subjects:
- Survival In Our Own Land : 'Aboriginal' Experiences in 'South Australia' since 1836, Told by Nungas and Others 1988 anthology poetry prose biography autobiography correspondence lyric/song oral history
- Ruby of Trowutta : Recollections of a Country Postmistress 2003 single work biography
- No Gun for Asmir : A Story that Cried Out to be Told 1993 single work column
- Escape from Sarajevo 1996 single work novel
- Asmir in Vienna 1995 single work novel
- King of the Wilderness : The Life of Deny King 2001 single work biography
- Battle Order 204 : A Bomber Pilot's Story 2007 single work biography
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