Warra Warra Wai: How Indigenous Australians discovered Captain Cook, and what they tell about the coming of the Ghost People

Author:   Darren Rix ,  Craig Cormick
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster Australia
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9781761424021


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   04 September 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Darren Rix ,  Craig Cormick
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster Australia
Imprint:   Simon & Schuster Australia
ISBN:  

9781761424021


ISBN 10:   1761424025
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   04 September 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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"'You will close this book feeling closer to your country.' -- <B>Bruce Pascoe, author of <I>Dark Emu</I></B> 'Rix and Cormick started with a supposedly ""simple idea"" but the result is complex, subtle, surprising and poignant … Warra Warra Wai is a triumph of collaborative truth-telling.' -- <B>Kate Fullagar, author of <I>Bennelong and Phillip</I></B> 'A wonderful contribution to the most creative and innovative new chapter in Australian history, which merges settler stories with those of the First Nations - a must-read.' -- <B>Henry Reynolds</B> 'These are the stories that Australians need to hear.' -- <B>Karen Mundine</B> * <B>Reconciliation Australia</B> * 'Impressive collaboration in truth-telling and history, so essential in these times.' -- <B>Dr Jackie Huggins, AM, FAHA, author/historian</B> 'A fascinating exploration of the view from both the ship and the shore … Warra Warra Wai is told with freshness, gentle humour and empathy … The land itself begins to sing to us all.' -- <B>Jeff McMullen, journalist, author, filmmaker</B>"


"'You will close this book feeling closer to your country.' -- <B>Bruce Pascoe, author of <I>Dark Emu</I></B> 'Rix and Cormick started with a supposedly ""simple idea"" but the result is complex, subtle, surprising and poignant … Warra Warra Wai is a triumph of collaborative truth-telling.' -- <B>Kate Fullagar, author of <I>Bennelong and Phillip</I></B> 'A fascinating exploration of the view from both the ship and the shore … Warra Warra Wai is told with freshness, gentle humour and empathy … The land itself begins to sing to us all.' -- <B>Jeff McMullen, journalist, author, filmmaker</B>"


‘a riveting read’  * <B>Inside Story</B> * ‘Ambitious in scope … Warra Warra Wai successfully creates a keeping place for the stories that everyone must know’  * <B>Books+Publishing</B> * 'You will close this book feeling closer to your country.' -- <B>Bruce Pascoe, author of <I>Dark Emu</I></B> 'Rix and Cormick started with a supposedly ""simple idea"" but the result is complex, subtle, surprising and poignant … Warra Warra Wai is a triumph of collaborative truth-telling.' -- <B>Kate Fullagar, author of <I>Bennelong and Phillip</I></B> 'A wonderful contribution to the most creative and innovative new chapter in Australian history, which merges settler stories with those of the First Nations - a must-read.' -- <B>Henry Reynolds</B> 'These are the stories that Australians need to hear.' -- <B>Karen Mundine</B> * <B>Reconciliation Australia</B> * 'Impressive collaboration in truth-telling and history, so essential in these times.' -- <B>Dr Jackie Huggins, AM, FAHA, author/historian</B> 'A fascinating exploration of the view from both the ship and the shore … Warra Warra Wai is told with freshness, gentle humour and empathy … The land itself begins to sing to us all.' -- <B>Jeff McMullen, journalist, author, filmmaker</B>


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Darren Rix, a Gunditjmara-GunaiKurnai man with Ngarigo bloodlines, grew up in the tin huts and tents of ‘Silver City’, South Nowra, with his eleven siblings. His family later got their first house in the Bega Valley, and he attended school in Bega. At fourteen, Darren moved to Ngunnawal country – Canberra – to which he has songline ties through his Ngarigo bloodlines. He has worked as a radio reporter for the Brisbane Indigenous Media Association, and with the Ngunnawal people as a cultural sites officer in Canberra. Darren is an accomplished musician, as was his uncle, Archie Roach. He has appeared in the TV program Rake. Darren has six children and twelve grandchildren. Dr Craig Cormick OAM is an award-winning author and science communicator. He has published many more books than he has children and grandchildren (and he has four and three of those respectively). He was born on Dharawal Country – Wollongong – and has lived in the Blue Mountains and Queensland. He currently lives on Ngunnawal land in Canberra. He has been Chair of the ACT Writers Centre, co-host of the literary podcast Secrets from the Green Room, and has edited several magazines and books. He is drawn to stories of people whose voices have been hidden from history. Find him at wwwcraigcormick.com

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