Published 1 December 20084 December 2008 · Main Posts We wuz robbed: Overland loses cup to Meanjin admin On Sunday, Overland and Meanjin held a joint Christmas party in Melbourne’s Edinburgh gardens, an event that also revived the two journal’s half-century old sporting revival. Fittingly enough, Chris Wallace-Crabb (pictured here with Overland‘s John McLaren), who opened the batting at the first Overland–Meanjin cricket test, took to the field for the first Overland–Meanjin soccer game. Despite the almost complete inability of any of the participants to actually play soccer, the game proceeded to a one-all draw, before the referee, Overland‘s inexplicably fair Rjurik Davidson (pictured), insisted on a penalty shoot out, at which Meanjin eventually triumphed. Thanks to everyone who attended. Training for next year begins at once. (Photos courtesy of Meanjin‘s Sophie Cunningham). admin More by admin Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays First published in Overland Issue 228 25 May 202326 May 2023 · Main Posts The ‘Chinese question’ and colonial capitalism in New Gold Mountain Christy Tan SBS’s New Gold Mountain sets out to recover the history of the Gold Rush from the marginalised perspective of Chinese settlers but instead reinforces the erasure of Indigenous sovereignty. Although celebrated for its multilingual script and diverse representation, the mini-TV series ignores how the settlement of Chinese migrants and their recruitment into colonial capitalism consolidates the ongoing displacement of First Nations peoples. First published in Overland Issue 228 15 February 202322 February 2023 · Main Posts Self-translation and bilingual writing as a transnational writer in the age of machine translation Ouyang Yu To cut a long story short, it all boils down to the need to go as far away from oneself as possible before one realizes another need to come back to reclaim what has been lost in the process while tying the knot of the opposite ends and merging them into a new transformation.
