Naku Dharuk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the
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'A masterpiece.' Thomas Mayo
In 1963-a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide-the Yolnu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Naku Dharuk. 'The land grew a tongue' and the land-rights movement was born.
Naku Dharuk is the story of a founding document in Australian democracy and the trailblazers who made it. It is also a pulsating picture of the ancient and enduring culture of Australia's first peoples.
And it is a masterful, groundbreaking history.
Clare Wright's Democracy Trilogy began with The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka and continued with You Daughters of Freedom . It concludes with this compulsively readable account of a momentous episode in our shared story.
'A landmark history.' Mark McKenna
Author: Clare Wright
Format: Paperback, 640 pages, 153mm x 234mm
Published: 2024, Text Publishing, Australia
Genre: Regional History
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'A masterpiece.' Thomas Mayo
In 1963-a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide-the Yolnu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Naku Dharuk. 'The land grew a tongue' and the land-rights movement was born.
Naku Dharuk is the story of a founding document in Australian democracy and the trailblazers who made it. It is also a pulsating picture of the ancient and enduring culture of Australia's first peoples.
And it is a masterful, groundbreaking history.
Clare Wright's Democracy Trilogy began with The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka and continued with You Daughters of Freedom . It concludes with this compulsively readable account of a momentous episode in our shared story.
'A landmark history.' Mark McKenna
Naku Dharuk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the