
Title
Remembering Lionsville
Author
Bronwyn Bancroft
Illustrators
Bronwyn Bancroft
Publisher, Date
Allen & Unwin, 2016
Audience
5-8yrs, Lower Primary, Primary
ISBN
9781760295349
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Subjects
- Autobiographies
- Childhood and youth
- Family
- Lionsville (NSW N Coast SH56-06)
- Memories
- Pioneers
- Relationship to place
- Respect
- Visual literacy
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Annotation
Bronwyn Bancroft is a leading Indigenous artist, descended from the Bundjalung people, who was born in Tenterfield, northern New South Wales. She is one of seven children of her Aboriginal father and Scottish/Polish mother. She vividly tells the story of the house in Lionsville where she grew up. She introduces the old house built by her grandfather, the garden planted by her grandmother and remembers details of what was cooked in the kitchen, how mail was delivered and how children slept under the stars. She reminisces about the men who worked in the mines and the boys who went to war.
Most of all she encourages readers to cherish old people and listen to their stories so that they can one day share their own. The text is simple and engaging and full of nostalgia and the illustrations are a mix of painting and photographs, which make it a fascinating.
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Teaching Resources
- Allen & Unwin Teachers Notes by Dr Robin Morrow for ‘Remembering Lionsville’ https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Bronwyn-Bancroft-Remembering-Lionsville-9781760295349/
- Literature unit of work: level 3-4, Remembering Lionsville by Bronwyn Bancroft. Victoria State Government https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/literacy/readingviewing/Pages/examplelitunitlevel34.aspx
- P-3 Literature 'Remembering Lionsville' by Bronwyn Bancroft http://p-3literature.weebly.com/remembering-lionsville1.html
- Bronwyn Bancroft website https://www.bronwynbancroft.com/
- ABC Education, ‘Interviews with 10 Australian Authors, Ch 2: Draw with Bronwyn Bancroft, 12 Oct 2021 https://www.abc.net.au/education/interviews-with-australian-10-authors-ch-2-draw-with-bronwyn-ba/13581746
- 'Being an Aboriginal Artist is not a Lifestyle Choice' edited transcript of a talk given by Bronwyn Bancroft at the Sydney College of the Arts as part of the SCA Art Talks series https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essay/being-an-aboriginal-artist-is-not-a-lifestyle-choice/
- ABC Playschool 'Acknowledgement of Country' episode with the Bronwyn Bancroft created backdrop https://www.abc.net.au/abckids/shows/play-school/play-school-acknowledgement-of-country/11382434