![]() The books are splendid fare for young children. Neil Murray's 'My Island Home' tells of the lonnging for the sea felt by a man from Elcho Island, now living in Central Australia. Shane Howard's 'Solid Rock' is a song about dispossession. The text of each is a popular song through which mainstream Australian audiences became more aware of Indigenous Australians.Īrchie Roach's 'Took the Children Away' tells the story of the stolen generations. These three little books do children's business. Societies try to close doors that open on to vulnerability. And as we are pressed to change our perspective, we can easily react angrily or defensively by denying the truth of events and minimising the harm that people suffer. ![]() We are forced to see practices that we take for granted in a different light. The suffering of children opens a door into the hardness of society. Not to mention to the sexual abuse of children and more recently to reports of the tasering of children. Or of the defensive responses to the uncovering of the experience of the Stolen Generations and to the detention of asylum seeker children. You have only to think about the debates about teaching literacy or history. All published by One Day Hill, 2010, with paintings by Peter Hudson.Ĭhildren's business is serious business.
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