Unit of work text
Remembering Lionsville by Bronwyn Bancroft, first published by Allen & Unwin, Australia in 2013
This text is a memoir providing insights into an extended family's life in Lionsville, in country New South Wales. Bronwyn Bancroft's author's note explains that she has written the book to develop a greater understanding of black and white relations. In doing so, the memoir also offers historical perspectives and encourages readers to respect the past.
The text contains:
- indigenous artwork
- photo collage
- borders to frame texts
- the use of icons as symbols
- colours - cool and warm colours
- outlining
- line and shape
- foregrounding and backgrounding
- indigenous perspectives of peoples, place and culture
- first person pronouns
- verbs (tense)
- adverbials of time and place.
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