Whispers of This Wik Woman.
This absorbing and personal account of Wik activist Jean George Awumpun offers a rare understanding of Aboriginal identity and traditional land. To illustrate her proud Alngith Wikwaya beginnings, Awumpun's early history is told through family member and Alngith descendant Fiona Doyle. This anc...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Queensland Press,
2004.
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| Series: | David Unaipon Award Winners Series.
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| Summary: | This absorbing and personal account of Wik activist Jean George Awumpun offers a rare understanding of Aboriginal identity and traditional land. To illustrate her proud Alngith Wikwaya beginnings, Awumpun's early history is told through family member and Alngith descendant Fiona Doyle. This ancestral history combines with the story of Awumpun's struggle in the Wik native title claims, which advanced the earlier Mabo Decision onto mainland Australia. Using photographs, traditionally inspired art and language terms, Fiona Doyle invites us into the heart of Cape York's Wikwaya country. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (158 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780702250521 070225052X 9780702250538 0702250538 9780702250552 0702250554 |