Naku Dharuk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy ISBN 9781922330864

‘A masterpiece.’ Thomas Mayo In 1963—a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide—the Yolŋu 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 INTERVIEWS and REVIEWS 3RRR: The Mission ABC Listen: NSW: Afternoons (1:37:00) ABC Radio National: Conversations ABC Radio National: Speaking Out ABC Radio National: Sunday Extra Aboriginal Art Directory Age: Ten new books we’re excited to read in October Age Broad Agenda Conversation (op-ed) Conversation (review) Guardian: One Heart, One Mind: how one phone call led to a key part of Aboriginal history coming to the big screen Guardian (op-ed) Independent Australia Inside Story Monthly podcast: Read This National Indigenous Times Really Interesting Women podcast Sunday Times South Africa