A token to the future: A digital 'archive' of early Australian children's literature

, , & (2012) A token to the future: A digital 'archive' of early Australian children's literature. Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature, 22(1), pp. 94-108.

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This essay considers a specific digital ‘archive’ of early Australian children’s literature, known as the Children’s Literature Digital Resources (CLDR), which is located in AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource ( http://www.austlit.edu.au ). We examine what the CLDR collection can tell us about Australia’s history. To narrow the scope, we focus on how Australia was constructing itself as a nation with its own character, or national identity, in texts written for children from the latter part of the nineteenth century up until the end of World War II. Our approach is to consider how early Australian children’s literature included in the CLDR collection rhetorically constructs nation and place, and in so doing constructs an Australian identity for its implied readers.

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ID Code: 53435
Item Type: Contribution to Journal (Journal Article)
Refereed: Yes
ORCID iD:
Mallan, Kerryorcid.org/0000-0001-8915-1080
Cross, Amyorcid.org/0000-0002-6683-3641
Allan, Cherieorcid.org/0000-0001-6225-555X
Measurements or Duration: 15 pages
Keywords: AustLit, Australian children's literature, Children's literature digital resources, digital archive, national identity
ISSN: 1837-4530
Pure ID: 32357577
Divisions: Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Education
Current > Research Centres > Children & Youth Research Centre
Copyright Owner: Copyright 2012 The Authors
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Deposited On: 02 Sep 2012 22:46
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