The Old Geology Theatre at University of Melbourne was an apt place for
my presentation on Olga Ernst: Creating an Australian bush identity in
children's literature. Of course graduating with a B.Arts and M.Arts
from this university Ernst would have been familiar with the original buildings
and pathways. Perhaps she could have stood or walked or held a deep
conversation somewhere close by.
Always useful to be challenged to look
in new directions, discussion initiated during question time and poster
presentations included German culture, second language writing, use of
technology for research and visual text.
- How well has digitisation of Ernst's books, use of digitised resources such as TROVE and NLA's newspaper archive contributed to your research?
- How do the pictures contribute to a sense of Australian place meshed with old-world folk figures in the illustrations. (i.e. The cartwheel in the Father Time illustration)?
- What sources are there to support the German contribution to early 19th C exploration?
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