{"title":"Dean Ashenden","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our Dean Ashenden collection, where history and storytelling intertwine to reveal captivating explorations of Australia’s past. As an esteemed author, Dean Ashenden delves deep into the historical and cultural landscapes of Australia, offering readers a unique perspective on often overlooked narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong his notable works is \u003cem\u003eTelling Tennant's Story: The Strange Career of the Great Australian Silence\u003c\/em\u003e. In this book, Ashenden challenges us to confront the complex histories surrounding Australia's Indigenous and colonial past. His engaging narrative style and thorough research invite readers to reconsider the ways in which history is told and remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDean Ashenden's works appeal to those with an interest in history, culture, and the nuanced stories of Australia's development. Whether you are a history enthusiast or simply curious about Australia's lesser-known stories, Ashenden's books provide intriguing insights and a deeper understanding of the intricacies of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExplore our selection of Dean Ashenden's works to uncover tales that inform and inspire, enhancing your appreciation for the vibrant tapestry that is Australia's heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"telling-tennants-story-the-strange-career-of-the-great-australian-silence-by-dean-ashenden-9781760641757","title":"Telling Tennant's Story: The Strange Career of the Great Australian Silence","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTelling Tennant's Story: The Strange Career of the Great Australian Silence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2022 Australian Political Book of the Year Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A drily elegant, bracing work from a pained and open heart'\u003c\/em\u003e - Helen Garner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Refreshing and original. A unique window on Australia's past and its barbed resonance today ... Essential reading for anyone interested in the challenge of truth-telling.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Mark McKenna\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A graceful, unostentatiously scholarly, wise (and highly readable) book on a subject of overwhelming and enduring significance for all Australians.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Robert Manne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe tale of a town, and a nation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReturning after fifty years to the frontier town where he lived as a boy, Dean Ashenden finds Tennant Creek transformed, but its silence about the past still mostly intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProvoked by a half-hidden account, Ashenden sets out to understand how the story of 'relations between two racial groups within a single field of life' has been told and not told, in this town and across the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a riveting combination of memoir, reportage and political and intellectual history, Ashenden traces the strange career of the great Australian silence - from its beginnings in the first encounters of black and white, through the work of the early anthropologists, the historians and the courts in landmark cases about land rights and the Stolen Generations, to still-continuing controversy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a moving finale, Ashenden goes back to Tennant Creek once more to meet for the first time some of his Aboriginal contemporaries, and to ask how the truths of Australia's story can best be told.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342718882028,"sku":"9781760641757","price":41.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23804513482814.jpg?v=1743937140"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/dean-ashenden.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}