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Whispers of this Wik woman / Fiona Doyle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doyle, Fiona, 1969-
- Series:
- David Unaipon Award Winners Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Queensland--Biography.
- Women, Aboriginal Australian.
- Napranum (Qld.)--Biography.
- Napranum (Qld.).
- Aurukun Mission--Biography.
- Aurukun Mission.
- Weipa Mission--Biography.
- Weipa Mission.
- George, Jean, 1925-.
- George, Jean.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (158 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- St. Lucia, Quuensland : UQP, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover; About the Author; Dedication; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; POSTSCRIPT; TIME LINE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; COPYRIGHT
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 142).
- ISBN:
- 0-7022-5052-X
- OCLC:
- 823243632
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