Abstract
IN 1848 the Spanish missionary Rosendo Salvado, founder of the New Norcia Monastery in Western Australia, had an idea. He would prove that Aboriginal people could be educated and 'civilised' by taking two Nyungar boys to be schooled in Europe.
And so it was that Conaci, aged seven, and Dirimerra, aged ten, left their tribe to travel by sea to the racially divided colony of South Africa, Ireland at the beginning of their nationalist uprising, the United Kingdrom in the midst of its industrial revolution, France ravaged by civil war, and finally entered a monastery in Naples.
The Grand Experiment is a remarkable and timely book. It is a colourful detective story of research through libraries and archives across the world, and very much a beginning of the Stolen Generations story.
And so it was that Conaci, aged seven, and Dirimerra, aged ten, left their tribe to travel by sea to the racially divided colony of South Africa, Ireland at the beginning of their nationalist uprising, the United Kingdrom in the midst of its industrial revolution, France ravaged by civil war, and finally entered a monastery in Naples.
The Grand Experiment is a remarkable and timely book. It is a colourful detective story of research through libraries and archives across the world, and very much a beginning of the Stolen Generations story.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Hachette Australia |
| Number of pages | 221 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0734409206 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |