Monday 19 September 2022
Deferred – Early Relations between the Tandanya (people of Adelaide Plains) and European Colonists, 1836 – 1840
Presented by Skye Krichauff - This lecture has been deferred due to the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II
The Adelaide district is remarkable for the positive relations that existed between the colonists and the local Aboriginal people during the earliest years of the colony’s history.
Although initially cautious, within a few months of arrival of the first ships, a group of forty Aboriginal people (comprised of men, women and children) camped alongside the newcomers at Holdfast Bay. Colonists perceived the local as friendly, good humoured and obliging.
This talk outlines the reasons for these relatively harmonious interactions, providing relevant historical context and focusing on key individuals.
Skye Krichauff is an ethno-historian who is interested in colonial cross-cultural relations, the relationship between history and memory, and how societies live with historical injustices.
She has convened courses on Australian history, colonial history and Aboriginal-settler history at Flinders University, worked as a history researcher for an Aboriginal Community organisation and as an expert historian for South Australian Native Title Services.
She is currently employed as an ARC Research Fellow on the linkage project ‘Reconciling with the Frontier’.
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| No. | * | B | T | d | doc | Date | Topic, Speaker, Detail |
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| 462 | B | 19/9/2022 | Deferred – Early Relations between the Tandanya (people of Adelaide Plains) and European Colonists, 1836 – 1840Presented by Skye Krichauff - This lecture has been deferred due to the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II The Adelaide district is remarkable for the positive relations that existed between the colonists and the local Aboriginal people during… | ||||
| 462 | B | 15/8/2022 | The History of heritage listing or not in BurnsidePresented by Sandy Wilkinson Sandy will give examples of how even the most spoilt buildings can be reconstructed and saved. Historic Buildings in Burnside… |
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