Howl for a black cockatoo / [Gwen Harrison, Sue Anderson].
Howl for a black cockatoo / [Gwen Harrison, Sue Anderson].
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Sydney : Gwen Harrison and Sue Anderson, 2015.
Call Numbers
HX 2015/4
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
1 volume of folded sheets (unpaged) : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 53 cm, in 54 x 31 x 2 cm clamshell box.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney : Gwen Harrison and Sue Anderson, 2015.
Edition
Edition of 25.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2015.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
The work explores the experiences of the hundreds of young girls who were held on Cockatoo Island in the Industrial School between 1871 and 1888. Cockatoo Island, situated in Sydney Harbour, was chosen by Governor Gipps in 1839 as a site for a new prison. A dock and workshop were built by prisoners to service Royal Navy and other ships visiting Syd...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Howl for a black cockatoo / [Gwen Harrison, Sue Anderson].
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
"A collaboration between Gwen Harrison, painter & printmaker, and Sue Anderson, letterpress printer & designer binder" --Colophon.
Mitchell Library copy: no. 1 of 25 Limited Edition....
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2015.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
HX 2015/4
Record Identifier
74VKOEyGlZJd
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOEyGlZJd
Other Identifiers
DDC
702.81
MMS ID
991022537829702626
