In 1963—a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide—the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Näku Dhäruk. ‘The land grew a tongue’ and the land-rights movement was born.
Näku Dhäruk 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.
Clare Wright will be in conversation with Associate Professor Julie McIntyre.
Presented by History Illuminated
Cost: $8.00 plus booking fee
Books will be available for sale and signing.
Bar drinks and snacks available for purchase at the venue
About the Presenter
Professor Clare Wright OAM is an award-winning historian, author, broadcaster and public commentator who has worked in politics, academia and the media. Clare is currently Professor of History and Professor of Public Engagement at La Trobe University. In 2020, Clare was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for ‘services to literature and to historical research’. She is the author of four works of history, including the best-selling The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka and You Daughters of Freedom, the first two instalments of her Democracy Trilogy. She is popular public speaker, panellist and interviewer and makes frequent appearances at literary festivals and on radio and television.
Julie McIntyre is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Newcastle. She has woven histories of Indigenous-settler relations into her award winning books, including Hunter Wine: A history (with John Germov, 2018). She has undertaken a Fulbright Program at the University of California, Davis (2019-2020) and is a Research Associate at the National Museum of Australia. Her new book project is a global history of Australia for Princeton University Press.
Parking and Venue information
Warners Bay Theatre is an accessible venue, easily accessed via a ramp at the entry on Lake Street and flat once inside the building. The venue has accessible toilets with accessible parking available out the front. Find out more here Visit - Lake Macquarie Arts.
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