Paul Edmund Strzelecki and His Team: Achieving Together

Edited by Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek and Lukasz Swiatek

Publication date: April 2009

– Description
– Details
– Contents
– Reviews

Description

This anthology is a comprehensive collection of works, in English and Polish, about the internationally recognised explorer and scientist Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki, and his friendship with his Aboriginal travelling companions.

The anthology unites existing publications about Strzelecki by the most authoritative writers with new material that delves into many of the debates surrounding existing historiography. It reveals new facets of the famous Pole’s character and achievements. The anthology also highlights the traveller’s remarkable concern for Indigenous Australians, focussing particularly on his Aboriginal guides Jackey and Charlie Tarra.

A collection of essays, articles, poems, and other works, the anthology is unique in its scope and depth. It also features a rich assortment of artworks and photographs that contributes to iconography about Strzelecki.

Details

ISBN: 978-0-646-51234-1
Editors: Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek, Lukasz Swiatek
Format: paperback
Publisher: The Puls Polonii Cultural Foundation (Fundacja Kulturalna Pulsu Polonii)
North Epping, N.S.W., Australia
150 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 145)
Edition: first edition

CONTENTS

Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki Lech Paszkowski
A Message from the Polish Ambassador H. E. Andrzej Jaroszynski
A Message from the K’Ozzie Fest Artistic Director Ursula Lang
A Message from the K’Ozzie Fest Director Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek
Strzelecki—A Friend of Aborigines
Facts About Paul E. Strzelecki and Interesting Extracts From His Book
The Polish Community Delighted Lukasz Swiatek
An Excerpt from the Submission to the Australian Heritage Commission Ursula Lang, Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek and Andrzej Kozek
The Drama of the Historic Climb Lech Paszkowski
Who Was Adyna? Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek, translated by Ursula Lang
Who Were You Adyna? Lee Taylor-Friend
No Powder, No Fire? Eat Them Raw! Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek
Song for Tarra Adam Fiala
Controversy Over Helen Heney’s Book Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek, translated by Marcel Weyland
For the Sake of Historical Truth Jerzy Zubrzycki
Dark Intentions ‘In a Dark Glass’? Jerzy Zubrzycki
Strzelecki in a Dark Glass Lech Paszkowski, translated by Lukasz Swiatek
Get the Story Free from Bajki Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek, translated by Marcel Weyland
What is Wrong Lukasz Swiatek
What is Right Alan Andrews
Sir Paul E. Strzelecki—Explorer and Scientist Lech Paszkowski
Quo Vadis Count? Michael Organ
Unwanted Fables Witold Lukasiak, translated by Leslie Wyszynski
Coming to Australia to Honour Kosciuszko Dale Torok
Three Friends of Liberty Lukasz Swiatek
Kościuszko, Strzelecki i Australijskie Alpy na liście Dziedzictwa Narodowego Ursula Lang, Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek i Andrzej Kozek
W imię prawdy historycznej Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek
Strzelecki w ciemnym zwierciadle Lech Paszkowski
Appendices.

Reviews

“This carefully published anthology contains many illustrations, as well as colour reproductions of the prize-winning artworks from the festival [2009 Kosciuszko Festival] competition. Most importantly, though, it includes articles, reviews and essays about Strzelecki and Kosciuszko, as well as the people related to them not only in their private lives, but also in literature describing their adventures.”
Marek Baterowicz