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dc.contributor.authorCox, Shaphan
dc.contributor.authorKerr, Thor
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-29T12:27:11Z
dc.date.available2018-06-29T12:27:11Z
dc.date.created2018-06-29T12:08:43Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationCox, S. and Kerr, T. 2018. One Day in Fremantle: TV representation of this alternative to Australia Day. Coolabah. 24&25: pp. 229-244.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68814
dc.identifier.doi10.1344/co201824&25229-244
dc.description.abstract

A 2016 decision by the City of Fremantle in Western Australia to change its date of national celebration generated a televised controversy about the municipal observance of Australia Day. Beneath this controversy, Fremantle’s decision to change the date reflects a long ongoing struggle over the colonization of country belonging to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This struggle can be traced back to the landing of the First Fleet of British settlers in Cadigal, Eora, country (Sydney) on 26 January 1788. This paper analyses the context of Fremantle’s decision and considers how television and current affairs reported it to audiences across Australia. Twenty-eight news and current affairs video recordings broadcast between 25 August 2016 and 29 January 2018 by ABC, Nine, NITV, Seven and SBS networks were analysed. Key themes emerging from this study are discussed, including: the emptiness and trouble with Australia Day representation; diversion through division and false economy; and, from genocide to solidarity with Aboriginal leadership. Finally, this paper offers an opportunity for understanding how Australian community has been imagined and how community in Australia could be imagined.

dc.publisherUniversity of Barcelona
dc.titleOne Day in Fremantle: TV representation of this alternative to Australia Day
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume24&25
dcterms.source.startPage229
dcterms.source.endPage244
dcterms.source.titleCoolabah
curtin.departmentSchool of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry (MCASI)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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