Presentation at the Tapestry of Trauma Conference November 2009 Brisbane Convention Centre

1. Historical Trauma and Social Documentary Tony Robertson

3. Historical Trauma Origins in Native American Study History of Early Rail American Civil War World War 1 Civil Unrest / Refugees Natural Disasters Australia Indigenous History (Stolen Generation) Conscription Great Depression Institutional Abuse Cyclone Tracey Bushfires

5. Mervyn Bishop was born in Brewarrina, New South Wales, in 1945. Bishop's position as photographer for the Department of Aboriginal Affairs placed him in a unique position to document Aboriginal life and political activism Australia-wide. He was present in 1975 when Prime Minister Gough Whitlam handed back, with a symbolic pouring of sand into Vincent Lingiari's hand, the 2,500 sq km Wave Hill lease. Lingiari accepted it on behalf of the Gurindji

24. "Not Even Past" highlights references to nineteenth-century U.S. slavery and anti-Black racism in literary and photographic projects begun during the late 1920s and early 1930s, including novels by William Faulkner and Nella Larsen, and portraits by Carl Van Vechten. These texts share a representational crisis, in which distinctions between present, quotidian racism and a massive, fully racialized historical trauma disappear. All identify persistent historical traumatization with intense subjective states (including madness, religious ecstasy, narcissism, and fetishistic enjoyment), and each explores the conservative, even coercive social character of such links between psyche and history. When the past of enslavement is 'not even past', narration freezes, black and white women lose their capacity to question or resist social and domestic violence, and racial politics fail. Anticipating contemporary trauma studies by decades, these disparate modernists' works parallel psychoanalytic thinkers of the same era and offer important resources for psychoanalytic approaches to racial difference today .

25. This training explores historical trauma, family dynamics, relationships, roles parenting, conflict management, and the development of trust and respect in the family. This tree day program is based upon the traditional teachings of the Elders from many different Native American communities. One of the primary themes for this program is teaching parents how to use Family Talking Circles and how to create a vision for a healthy family. The curriculum is designed for 16 weekly sessions. Click here for more information.