Journal article
Namatjira and the burden of citizenship
Australian Historical Studies, Vol.31(114), pp.110-130
2000
Abstract
Albert Namatjira (/902-59), an Arrernte (Aranda) born at Hermannsburg in Central Australia, is one of the best known of Australia's Indigenous artists. In the I950s, many non-Indigenous Australians, concerned about the regime of discriminatory legislation that governed Aboriginal people and influenced by the assimilationist discourse, wanted to create an opportunity for Namatjira to live 'like us'. This article examines the context in which settler Australians' ideas about citizenship were shaped and in particular the common conflation of equality with sameness, the events that lead to Namat}ira effectively being made a citizen and why his citizenship finally was nothing more than a terrible burden to him.
Details
- Title
- Namatjira and the burden of citizenship
- Authors
- Julie Wells (Author)Michael Christie (Author)
- Publication details
- Australian Historical Studies, Vol.31(114), pp.110-130
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2000
- DOI
- 10.1080/10314610008596118
- ISSN
- 1031-461X
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448973502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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