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Riding the Black Cockatoo

Paperback • 2009 • English

Riding the Black Cockatoo

By John Danalis

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About the book

All through his growing-up years, John Danalis's family had an Aboriginal skull on the mantelpiece; yet only as an adult after enrolling in an Indigenous Writing course did he ask his family where it came from and whether it should be restored to its rightful owners. This is the compelling story of how the skull of an Aboriginal man, found on the banks of the Murray River more than 40 years ago, came to be returned to his Wamba Wamba descendants. It is a story of awakening, atonement, forgivenes...Show more

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ISBN

9781741753776

Publisher

Allen & Unwin

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Riding the Black Cockatoo

Format

Paperback

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