An archive of entries with keywords: "Oral history"
Australia, 1950-2025
One of the most popular genres in the writing of educational history is that of individual schools. The quality of such histories varies quite dramatically as authorship proceeds from amateur enthusiasts to professional historians. The main problem with school histories is that they are usually written for the purpose of valorising or celebrating the existence of a school.… Continue Reading »
Australia, to 2022
Contributions to Anita Heiss’ anthology, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, included authors’ recollections of their experiences of schools. Shannon Foster recalled that ‘None of the teachers at school ever talked about Aboriginal people. “They” were never mentioned.’ (Foster in Heiss, 2018) For Evelyn Araluen, being ‘Aboriginal meant I was always angry in History class.’ (Aruluen in Heiss) John Hartley remembered in third grade
being told I was not Aboriginal, because I was not black.… Continue Reading »
