Nadia Wheatley : History as story : from my place to Australians all... Wheatley, Nadia 2015, Nadia Wheatley : History as story : from my place to Australians all..., Edited by Rutherford, Leonie and Lingham, Bernadette, Deakin University Library, Waterfront Campus, Geelong, 24 Mar. 2015, Geelong, Vic., Deakin University Library. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads wheatley_QandA_2015.avi Q & A Session video/x-msvideo 183.83MB 13 wheatley_workshop_2015.avi Teacher's Workshop video/x-msvideo 328.58MB 19 Title Nadia Wheatley : History as story : from my place to Australians all... Creator(s) Wheatley, Nadia Contributor(s) Rutherford, Leonie orcid.org/0000-0003-3940-3379 Lingham, Bernadette orcid.org/0000-0003-1607-0188 Conference, exhibition or event name Nadia Wheatley : History as story : from my place to Australians all... Teacher's Workshop and Q & A Session (2015 : Geelong, Victoria) Conference, exhibition or event location Deakin University Library, Waterfront Campus, Geelong Conference, exhibition or event dates 24 Mar. 2015 Publication date 2015 Conference series Nadia Wheatley : History as story : from my place to Australians all... Teacher's Workshop Description of resource 65 minutes Publisher Deakin University Library Place of publication Geelong, Vic. Notes History as Story: From My Place to Australians All... Nadia Wheatley’s classic picture book My Place, illustrated by Donna Rawlins, has stimulated two generations of children to map their neighbourhoods and explore their community history. In her latest publication, Australians All, illustrated by Ken Searle, the author shows how children themselves have played a part in the making of our nation’s history. Join us to hear Nadia address the question of exploring the past with young Australians of the 21st century. What is the best way to engage their attention? Why do we need a new way of understanding our past? •5.00pm: The evening will commence with light refreshments in the Geelong Waterfront campus Library •5.45pm: Nadia Wheatley's talk will take place in the Costa Lecture Theatre, Geelong Waterfont campus. Dr Leonie Rutherford, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies at Deakin University, will join Nadia for questions and further discussion. •7.00pm: Following her presentation, Nadia will facilitate an interactive workshop for educators on how to use Australians All in the classroom A selection of titles by Nadia Wheatley will be available for sale at the event. About Nadia Wheatley: Nadia Wheatley writes both fiction and history, for children and adults. Her books include the classic picture book My Place (illustrated by Donna Rawlins), which won the inaugural Eve Pownall award in the CBCA Awards, 1988. Australians All (illustrated by Ken Searle) received the 2014 New South Wales Premier’s Award for History for Young People. Nominated by IBBY Australia for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing, Nadia Wheatley has been writing award-winning books for young readers since the early 1980s. Her other publications include Five Times Dizzy (applauded on its publication as Australia’s first multicultural book for children) and the Depression-era historical novel The House That Was Eureka. Nadia also provided the written text for the Papunya School Book of Country and History, produced in collaboration with Aboriginal staff and students in Papunya (Northern Territory). An Honorary Associate of the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, in 2014 Nadia was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa). “I love history because it is story, but the very best thing about this story is that it is not finished. All of us are making history every moment of our lives.” Nadia Wheatley For more information, visit: www.nadiawheatley.com Language eng Field of Research 0 Not Applicable Socio Economic Objective 0 Not Applicable HERDC Research category EN.1 Other conference paper Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30071994 Document type: Conference, Exhibition or Event Collections: Deakin University Library Occasional Symposium Series Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. 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