frontier violence and family history converge in David Marr's harrowing and important new book
- Written by: Julianne Schultz, Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture, Griffith University, Griffith University
Drawing by an Aboriginal boy, Oscar, of a Native Police operation c.1897 near Camooweal.National Library of Australia, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsCultural capital is a rare and precious commodity. It is earned by doing – with wit, rigour and imagination. Being born to privilege may help in its accumulation, but that is not...