T. Gosse’s Foundation of White Australia: The Romantic Bid to Reconcile Civilisation and ‘Aboriginality’
This paper examines a late eighteenth-century scene depicted by British engraver T. Gosse which represents The Foundation of Port Jackson (Sydney). The picture’s symbolic scene is interpreted as an attempt to legitimize colonialism in Australia by reconciling the traditional polar opposites of Civil...
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| Publicado no: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | This paper examines a late eighteenth-century scene depicted by British engraver T. Gosse which represents The Foundation of Port Jackson (Sydney). The picture’s symbolic scene is interpreted as an attempt to legitimize colonialism in Australia by reconciling the traditional polar opposites of Civilisation and Nature, Progress and Aboriginality. In the process, the Noble Savage is displaced and superseded by the romantic figure of the ‘indigenized’ white man. |
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