http://hdl.handle.net/2440/1 2020-02-27T11:52:29Z http://hdl.handle.net/2440/123114 Title: The Kaurna children's letters to the Dresden Mission Society (1840-1843): their significance and background Author: Amery, Rob Abstract: In October 1838 two Lutheran missionaries, Clamor Schürmann and Christian Teichelmann of the Dresden Mission Society, arrived in Adelaide. They immediately set about learning the local Kaurna language. They opened a school at Piltawodli on the banks of the River Torrens where they taught Kaurna children to read and write in their own language. In 1841-43, a piece of classwork and two letters written by the children in the Kaurna language, using beautiful English copperplate writing, were sent to the Dresden Mission Society where they were retained in the archival collections now held by the Leipziger Missionswerk (Leipzig Mission). They were found in 1998 in storage in the Archives cellar. On 8 September 2014, these letters were presented on permanent loan by the Leipzig Mission to the Barr Smith Library where they are held on behalf of the Kaurna community. Associate Professor Rob Amery will present on the enormous significance of the letters, leading into the story of the Kaurna language movement and the wider connections with Germany through the work of Teichelmann and Schürmann. Description: An Author event presented by The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library and held in the Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, 25 July 2019. 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2440/123113 Title: Stardust and Golden: Doug McEachern on his novel Stardust and Golden Author: McEachern, Doug Abstract: Stardust and Golden takes readers to Adelaide during the turbulent years of the Vietnam War, when conscription was on everyone’s minds, and young people took to the streets in protest. McEachern explores the culture of resistance, and also the powerful music influences of the time - the likes of Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane, that later became Jefferson Starship. The story circles around a student commune, in which five students with very different interests are living. Description: An Author event presented by The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library and held in the Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, 31 October 2019 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2440/123112 Title: The People's Poet transformed: Geoff Goodfellow in conversation with Garry Costello Author: Goodfellow, Geoff Abstract: Legendary performance poet and short prose writer Geoff Goodfellow has performed his poetry at schools, jails, colleges, universities, construction sites, factories, rock concerts and literary festivals, across Australia and in Canada, the United States, Cuba, China, Europe and the United Kingdom. Description: An Author event presented by The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library and held in the Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, 16 May 2019 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2440/122062 Title: Putting the 'Research' into Research Librarian Author: Duffield, N.; Attar, H.; Royals, J. 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z