'What would civilisation be without a gun?' The resistant land in Sarah Campoin's Burdekin trilogy

Taylor, Cheryl (2006) 'What would civilisation be without a gun?' The resistant land in Sarah Campoin's Burdekin trilogy. Australian Literary Studies, 22 (4). pp. 471-481.

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Abstract

An in-depth analysis of one of Sarah Campion's most accomplished works in the Burdekin trilogy, consisting of Mo Burdekin, Bonanza and The Pommy Cow, is provided. This passage encapsulates the trilogy's frequent view of the land as resisting a European civilisation corrupted by violence and greed, and futile in its striving.

Item ID: 4221
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 0004-9697
Keywords: campion; Burdekin; tropical Queensland; landscapes
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A precis of this article was delivered as a paper at Gesellschaft fur Australienstudien, Ninth Biennial Conference, University of Hamburg, Germany, October 2004.

Funders: ARC LIEF, James Cook University, FAESS and SASS
Projects and Grants: AustLit ARC LIEF Project 2006
Date Deposited: 18 Sep 2009 05:59
FoR Codes: 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes: 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950503 Understanding Australias Past @ 80%
95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9502 Communication > 950203 Languages and Literature @ 20%
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