My Place - Sally Morgan

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Plot summary from Ozseek HSC Guide

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Battling the critics An analysis of My Place by Carolyn Gilpin, 1997 Literature Analysis Student, TAFE

Engendering the bicentennial reader: Sally Morgan, Mark Henshaw & the critics An analysis of My Place and Out of the Line of Fire which examines the impact of generic determination and gender positioning for the reading of literary texts. Wenche Ommundsen in Span 1993, No.36 (vol.1), October pp :251-263

My Place as counter-memory An analysis of My Place as a 'counter-memory' of the violence and deculturation to which Aboriginal people have been subjected, but which has been omitted from official white Australian histories. Kathryn Trees, Span 1991, No.32, April pp : 66-74

Out of the salon & into the streets: contextualising Australian indigenous women's writing An essay exploring some of the national-cultural contexts in which contemporary Australian women's indigenous writing has developed (PDF)

Study guide Detailed notes on My Place by Jennifer McDonnell, University of New England. Also includes biographical notes on Sally Morgan

Library Resources

  Attwood, Bain. Portrait of an Aboriginal as an artist: Sally Morgan and the construction of Aboriginality. Australian Historical Studies 1992, Vol.25, No.99 October : pp.302-318

  Bird, Delys; Haskell, Dennis. Whose place? A study of Sally Morgan's My place. Pymble: Angus & Robertson, 1992

  Brewster, Anne. Reading Aboriginal womens' autobiography. Sydney: University Press, 1996

  Cameron, Lloyd. Aboriginal experience: 2UG topic area. Glebe: Pascal Press, 1994

  Hodge, Bob. Dark side of the dream: Australian literature and the post-colonial mind. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1991

  Kurtzer, Sonja. Wandering girl: who defines authenticity in Aboriginal literature? Southerly 1998, Vol.58, No.2, Winter : pp.20-29

  Laurie, Victoria. Chasing pale shadows. The Australian Magazine 23-24 October 1999 : pp.18-22, 24-25

  McPaul, Christine. Creative acts: archives, artifacts and Australian women's autobiographies. Australian Literary Studies 1996, Vol.17, No.3 May : pp.304-309

  Morgan, Sally. Brodie's Notes on Sally Morgan's My place. Sydney: Pan Books, 1990

  Reed, Elizabeth. Sally Morgan: a black tall poppy? Australian Historical Studies 1993, Vol.25, No.101 October : pp.637-639

  Sheridan, Susan. Different lives: two Aboriginal women's stories. Antipodes, Vol.3, No.1 1989 : pp.20-23
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 Tarrago, Isabel. Response to Sally Morgan and the construction of aboriginality. Australian Historical Studies 1993, Vol.25, No.100 April : p.469