'Real photos': Transforming tindale and the postcolonial archive

When the Transforming Tindale exhibition opened at the State Library of Queensland in September 2012, there was much excitement and goodwill. Elders Marshall Bell and Flo Watson both spoke to the crowd, and as artist Vernon Ah Kee later wrote on his blog: 'Quote of the night was from Marshall B...

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Published inPublic history review Vol. 23; pp. 56 - 73
Main Author Lydon, Jane
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published UTS ePRESS 01.01.2016
Subjects
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal heritage
Aboriginal history
Anthropologists
Biography
decolonizing archives
Genealogy
photographic archives
Pitt Rivers Museum
post colonialism
Social life and customs
Socialists
Australia
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Summary:When the Transforming Tindale exhibition opened at the State Library of Queensland in September 2012, there was much excitement and goodwill. Elders Marshall Bell and Flo Watson both spoke to the crowd, and as artist Vernon Ah Kee later wrote on his blog: 'Quote of the night was from Marshall Bell when he said: "It doesn't matter whether Tindale was good or bad. It doesn't matter whether what he did was right or wrong. Those photos are real."'
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Public History Review, Vol. 23, 2016: [56]-73
ISSN:1833-4989
1833-4989
DOI:10.5130/phrj.v23i0.5329