Jenna Lee dissects and reconstructs colonial 'Indigenous dictionaries' and embeds the works with new cultural meaning. Long obsessed with the duality of the destructive and healing properties that fire can yield, this element has been applied to the paper in the forms of burning and mark-making. In Without Us, Lee uses charcoal to conceal the text on the page, viewing this process as a ritualistic act of reclaiming and honouring Indigenous heritage while challenging the oppressive legacies of colonialism. Lee explains in Art Guide (2022), ‘These books in particular [used to create the proposed works] are Aboriginal language dictionaries—but there’s no such thing as “Aboriginal language”. There are hundreds of languages. The dictionary just presents words, with no reference to where they came from. It was specifically published by collating compendiums from the 1920s, 30s and 40s, with the purpose to give [non-Indigenous] people pleasant sounding Aboriginal words to name children, houses and boats. And yet the first things that were taken from us was our language, children, land and water. And the reason our words were so widely written down was because [white Australians] were trying to eradicate us. They thought we were going extinct. The deeper you get into it, the darker it gets. But the purpose of my work is to take those horrible things and cast them as something beautiful.’Framed artwork

136 page softcover book. Front cover has the Title: "Yalla-Y-Poora On The Fiery Creek when the cannon's roar was stilled" printed over a coloured print of Eugene von Guerard's painting of Yalla-y-Poora; Back cover: Three colour photographs soldier settlement farming family descendants, soldier settler house and tractor. Yalla-Y-Poora On The Fiery Creek printed on spine.non-fictionNumber Six in James Affleck's series of book on Soldier Settlements in Western Victoria. An edited compilation of settler families' own stories, combined with a reincorporation of a previously published history of the area, profiles of local people and organisations illustrated with maps, photographs and poetrysoldier settlement, yalla-y-poora

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile railway stations in South Australia.railway stations - south australia - pictorial, railway stations - australia - pictorial

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile of country railway stations in South Australia between 1959-1983.railway stations - south australia - pictorial, railway stations - australia - pictorial

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile of steam locomotive depots in Victoria between 1950 & 1975.steam locomotives - australia - history, steam locomotives - victoria- history

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile of steam locomotive depots in Victoria between 1950 & 1975.steam locomotives - australia - history, steam locomotives - victoria- history

Illustrated book with brown cover. Title and author's name printed in white on front cover and spine. Front and back covers also have photographs of four womrm (Joyce Tweddell, Vivian Bullwinkel, Alice Kitchen and Joice Loch) A summary of the book is printed in white on the back covernon-fictionthe author profilles the love, dedication and selflessness of eleven outstanding women over the course of two world warsworld war 1914-1918, world war 1939-1945, women in war

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.railroads - victoria - pictorial works, railway stations - victoria - history

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile of railway stations in greater metropolitan Melbourne between 1950 & 1990.railroads - victoria - pictorial works, railway stations - victoria - history

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in New South Wales between 1957 & 1987.railroad stations -- australia -- history, railway stations - new south wales - history

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in New South Wales between 1950 & 2000.railroad stations -- australia -- history, railway stations - new south wales - history

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in Queensland between 1971 & 1992.railroad stations -- australia -- history, railroad stations - queensland - history

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.railroads - victoria - pictorial works, railway stations - victoria - history

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.railroads - victoria - pictorial works, railway stations - victoria - history

ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.railroads - victoria - pictorial works, railway stations - victoria - history

non-fictionFirst 4 editions of this free, independent newspaper that was distributed to over 4,000 homes in 1985. Short profiles of the publishers, John Byron and Graeme Henderson appeared in the first edition. News of coming and existing community facilities and community organisations appears alongside advertisements for events and businesses of the time.endeavour hills (vic.), hallam (vic.), community newspapers