Parragirls : reimagining Parramatta Girls Home through art and memory
2019
Book
Parragirls profiles the transformative artwork 'Parragirls', realised in collaboration with contemporary artists and communities since the Parragirls Memory Project began in 2012. This vividly illustrated book reveals how art can change places and perceptions - in this case, the long-neglected site of Parramatta Girls Home in Western Sydney, located on the lands of the Burramattagal people of the Darug nation. Centred on the art and activism of its former residents, this is the first publication of its kind to use images and creative writing to open up the difficult spaces of an Australian former child welfare institution, one where significant abuse took place right up until its closure in 1974, as evidenced in the royal commission into child sexual abuse. The book provides a powerful insight into the legacies of forced child removal practices in Australia and is an important resource for people working with Forgotten Australians and Stolen Generations. In the wake of the royal commission into child sexual abuse, the book profiles how art can generate new ways of engaging with childhood abuse.
Main title:
Parragirls : reimagining Parramatta Girls Home through art and memory / edited by Lily Hibberd and Bonney Djuric ; in collaboration with Darug women Leanne and Jacinta Tobin.
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney, NSW : UNSW Press Ltd., 2019.©2019
Collation:
xvii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781742236445 (paperback)
Dewey class:
362.7320994
Language:
English
Subject:
Parramatta Girls Home (Parramatta, N.S.W.)Parramatta Female FactoryGirls -- Institutional care -- New South Wales -- ParramattaInmates of institutions -- New South Wales -- ParramattaGraffiti -- New South Wales -- ParramattaCollagraph printing -- New South Wales -- ParramattaAdult child abuse victims' writings
BRN:
362337