Textual representations of Australias Indigenous People Flashcards
The children came back features
Briggs, Gurrumul and Dewayne Everett-Smith
birthday and place of birth
28/08/1989, Shepparton Vic
The children came back is about
aboriginal culture, identity + stolen generation
when was the stolen generation
between 1910-1970
Briggs careers
author, rapper and comedy writer
how does briggs use his music
to highlight social + political struggles of aboriginals
briggs cultural context
deeply rooted in his aboriginal heritage and commitment to challenge stereotypes about indigenous australians
The children came back release date
03/07/2015
The children came back subject
celebrating aboriginal idols, culture, legacy of stolen generation and spreading awareness of what aboriginals went through and their resilience
The children came back name drops
doug nicholls, jimmy little, archie (roach), gurrumul, patty mills
briggs perception
briggs sees the situation as a reflection of identity and reclaiming history and culture
The children came back positive solutions
education and awareness, reclaiming, naming indigenous idols keeping on their legacy
The children came back relationship to contemporary history
naming past and present aboriginal idols, celebrating indigenous culture as it used to be seen as a bad thing, calls for positive solutions while raising awareness
honey writer and year of release
adam thompson, july 2018
short overview
two boys charley and nathan that are harvesting honey to sell, make their way to their destination but on their way back, things go wrong
