Stolen tells of five young Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their parents, brought up in a repressive children's home and trained for domestic service and other menial jobs. Segregated from society from their earliest years, not all of them successfully manage their lives when released into the outside world.The pain, poignancy and sheer desperation of their lives is seen through the children's own eyes as they struggle to make sense of a world where they have bee...

On a sweltering day, 26 January, 1788, on a bluff high above Sydney Cove, seven Aboriginal men stand looking out to sea. Moored off-shore is a huge nowee (boat) … then there are two, then more. Who are these visitors? Where are they from? What do they want? Should they be turned away—by force—or welcomed to country?In the playscript The Visitors, Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison (Stolen, Rainbow's End) reimagines the arrival of the First Fleet from a Fir...

The arch, witty, outspoken memoirs of the pioneering archaeologist and scholar Mary Beard has called “my hero.”First published by Virginia and Leonard Woolf in 1925, Jane Ellen Harrison’s Reminiscences are the irreverent memoirs of a student who declared Victorian education “ingeniously useless,” who blazed a trail for female scholars, and who changed the way we see the ancient world. Growing up in the Yorkshire countryside, Harrison showed an early aptitude for la...

Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) was a British classical scholar and one of the leading figures in the field of Greek mythology and anthropology. She played a significant role in the development of modern studies of Greek religion and mythology.In "Myths of Greece and Rome," Harrison examines various Greek and Roman myths, delving into their origins, symbolism, and cultural significance. She explores the narratives, characters, and themes found in these mythologies, shedding light on their ...

In 'The Mythology of Greece and Rome' by Jane Harrison, the author delves into the rich history and significance of ancient mythological tales from both civilizations. Harrison's scholarly approach provides readers with a detailed analysis of the symbolism and cultural relevance of these myths, as well as their impact on literature and art. Her meticulous research and insightful commentary offer a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter, making this book a valuable resource for s...

Myths of Greece and Rome presents the classical legends not as inert ornaments of antiquity, but as living narratives shaped by worship, social memory, and poetic transmission. Harrison recounts the stories of gods, heroes, transformations, and sacred contests with lucid elegance, while situating them within the wider literary inheritance of Homer, Hesiod, tragedy, and Roman adaptation. Her style combines accessibility with a distinctly scholarly sensitivity to ritual origins and symbolic ...

In "Myths of Greece and Rome," Jane Harrison masterfully intertwines rich narrative and scholarly insight to explore the tapestry of ancient mythologies that have shaped Western thought. Employing a vivid, accessible style, Harrison delves into the essential themes of creation, heroism, and the human condition as presented in classical myths. The work highlights the interconnectedness of these ancient stories, placing them within a broader cultural and historical context that emphasizes th...

This study focuses on the fabric, construction and preservation of stretches of Hadrian's Wall in its more remote locations, providing significant insights into the places between the mile castles and important forts and associated settlements.The Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP) conducted a series of fieldwork projects along the Hadrian’s Wall corridor between 2019 and 2021. The work focused on sites that were poorly understood or under parti...

Set within the explosive cultural shifts of the 1960s and 1980s, Becoming Kirrali Lewis chronicles the journey of a young Aboriginal teenager as she leaves her home town in rural Victoria to take on a law degree in Melbourne in 1985. Adopted at birth by a white family, Kirrali doesn't question her cultural roots until a series of life-changing events force her to face up to her true identity.

The Bay of Skaill, Marwick Bay, and Birsay Bay form openings in the high sandstone cliffs of Orkney’s Atlantic coast. These west-facing bays have long been favored locations for settlement, with access to the ocean, to fresh water, to land and to resources for cultivation. The coastline of Orkney’s North-West Mainland is recognized worldwide as a location of exceptional archaeological importance, dominated by the Neolithic world heritage site of Skara Brae, and the Viking-Norse remains on ...

IT may be well at the outset to say clearly what is the aim of the present volume. The title is Ancient Art and Ritual, but the reader will find in it no general summary or even outline of the facts of either ancient art or ancient ritual. These facts are easily accessible in handbooks. The point of my title and the real gist of my argument lie perhaps in the word "and"--that is, in the intimate connection which I have tried to show exists between ritual and art. This connection has, I bel...

The Hadrian’s Wall Community Archaeology Project (WallCAP) was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to promote the value of heritage – specifically of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site – to local communities and provide opportunities for volunteers to engage with the archaeology and conservation of the Wall to better ensure the future of the monument.This short book provides a summary of the project, communicating the range of activities undertaken during the project an...