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Dedication: For my parents Kornelia Woloszczuk (9.11.1917 - 6.2.1997) & Feliks Skrzynecki (16.2.1905 - 26.6.1994) 'Moja Stuzba'.
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Epigraph: Perhaps the mysteries of transformation and the enigmas of life which so torment us are concentrated in the green of the earth, among the trees in graveyards and the flowering shoots springing from their beds. Mary Magdalene, not at once recognising Jesus risen from the grave, took him for the gardener. Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago.
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Works about this Work
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'Reffos, Wogs and Dagoes' : The Immigration Experience in Post-World War II Australia
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , vol. 3 no. 2010; (p. 110-126) Ilha Do Desterro : A Journal of English Language , vol. 69 no. 2 2016;'This article seeks to analyze the ways in which immigrants experienced Australia in the years following World War II, when the makeup of Australian society changed. In The Voyage of Their Life: The Story of the SS Derna and Its Passengers, Diane Armstrong – a child immigrant to Australia – writes, “Homogenous, conservative and almost entirely Anglo-Saxon in its origin, Australians were about to awake from there illusion of perfection” (274). Focusing on memoir, poetry and short stories, this article analyzes Andra Kins’ memoir Coming and Going: A Family Quest; Serge Liberman’s short stories “Home,” “Greetings, Australia! To You I Have Come,” “The Fortress” and “Two Years in Exile;” Peter Skrzynecki’s The Sparrow Garden; Lily Brett’s poetry; and Susan Varga’s memoir Heddy and Me. Jewish and non-Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland, Latvia, Hungary and Ukriane struggled with trying to build new lives in a new land in the face of prejudice and “anti-refo” feeling. Measures were introduced to limit severely the number of Jewish refugees allowed to travel to Australia. Despite these obstacles, Australia was transformed. According to Mark Wyman, “Eventually, 182,159 DPs emigrated to Australia, led by 60,000 Poles and 36,000 Balts. Enough of an Eastern European mixture was admitted through Australian gates to constitute a small revolution in the nation’s much-publicized homogeneity. The long tradition of allowing only British stock down under was broken. By 1966 almost one in five Australians was a postwar immigrant or the child of one, and 60 percent of this group had non-British ethnic backgrounds” (191).' (Publication abstract)
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The Immigrants Story
2008
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 52 no. 10 2008; (p. 94-98) -
Language and Emotional Experience : The Voice of Translingual Memoir
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bilingual Minds 2006; (p. 34-58) This article asks the question: 'what might bilinguals' autobiographical writings have to say on the subject of bilingualism and emotion?' (p. 34). -
The Parents' Story
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Second Quarter vol. 23 no. 2 2004; (p. 82-83)
— Review of The Sparrow Garden Marianna Lacek (translator), 2004 single work autobiography -
The Shortlist
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , December vol. 14 no. 10 2004; (p. 43)
— Review of The Sparrow Garden Marianna Lacek (translator), 2004 single work autobiography
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Edgy Elegy on Exile
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 April 2004; (p. 3a)
— Review of The Sparrow Garden Marianna Lacek (translator), 2004 single work autobiography -
Paradise, Uncertain Paradise
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 May 2004; (p. 11)
— Review of The Sparrow Garden Marianna Lacek (translator), 2004 single work autobiography -
Staying Alive in Mary Street
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 261 2004; (p. 19)
— Review of The Sparrow Garden Marianna Lacek (translator), 2004 single work autobiography -
Inspiration and Intrigue
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 May vol. 122 no. 6422 2004; (p. 62)
— Review of Art and Life 2004 single work autobiography ; The Sparrow Garden Marianna Lacek (translator), 2004 single work autobiography -
No Escaping the Ordinary
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 June 2004; (p. 7)
— Review of The Sparrow Garden Marianna Lacek (translator), 2004 single work autobiography -
Language and Emotional Experience : The Voice of Translingual Memoir
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Bilingual Minds 2006; (p. 34-58) This article asks the question: 'what might bilinguals' autobiographical writings have to say on the subject of bilingualism and emotion?' (p. 34). -
The Immigrants Story
2008
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 52 no. 10 2008; (p. 94-98) -
'Reffos, Wogs and Dagoes' : The Immigration Experience in Post-World War II Australia
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , vol. 3 no. 2010; (p. 110-126) Ilha Do Desterro : A Journal of English Language , vol. 69 no. 2 2016;'This article seeks to analyze the ways in which immigrants experienced Australia in the years following World War II, when the makeup of Australian society changed. In The Voyage of Their Life: The Story of the SS Derna and Its Passengers, Diane Armstrong – a child immigrant to Australia – writes, “Homogenous, conservative and almost entirely Anglo-Saxon in its origin, Australians were about to awake from there illusion of perfection” (274). Focusing on memoir, poetry and short stories, this article analyzes Andra Kins’ memoir Coming and Going: A Family Quest; Serge Liberman’s short stories “Home,” “Greetings, Australia! To You I Have Come,” “The Fortress” and “Two Years in Exile;” Peter Skrzynecki’s The Sparrow Garden; Lily Brett’s poetry; and Susan Varga’s memoir Heddy and Me. Jewish and non-Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland, Latvia, Hungary and Ukriane struggled with trying to build new lives in a new land in the face of prejudice and “anti-refo” feeling. Measures were introduced to limit severely the number of Jewish refugees allowed to travel to Australia. Despite these obstacles, Australia was transformed. According to Mark Wyman, “Eventually, 182,159 DPs emigrated to Australia, led by 60,000 Poles and 36,000 Balts. Enough of an Eastern European mixture was admitted through Australian gates to constitute a small revolution in the nation’s much-publicized homogeneity. The long tradition of allowing only British stock down under was broken. By 1966 almost one in five Australians was a postwar immigrant or the child of one, and 60 percent of this group had non-British ethnic backgrounds” (191).' (Publication abstract)
Awards
- 2005 shortlisted National Biography Award
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cGermany,cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Parkes, Parkes area, Parkes - Forbes area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- ca. 1950s