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Cover image courtesy of publisher.'When Jo Breen uses her divorce settlement to buy a neglected property in the Byron Bay hinterland, she is hoping for a tree change, and a blossoming connection to the land of her Aboriginal ancestors. What she discovers instead is sharp dissent from her teenage daughter, trouble brewing from unimpressed white neighbours and a looming Native Title war between the local Bundjalung families. When Jo unexpectedly finds love on one side of the Native Title divide she quickly learns that living on country is only part of the recipe for the Good Life. (...more)See full AustLit entry -
We Are No Longer Shadows
Episode seven of the documentary series First Australians, 'We Are No Longer Shadows' focuses on Aboriginal land rights in the late twentieth century, via the work of Eddie Koiki Mabo.
Although the focus is on Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands, rather than the Northern Rivers Region, the Bundjalung people decided to negotiate native title rights very soon after the 'Mabo' High Court decision: the first application was lodged in 1994. Their first Indigenous land use agreement (ILUA) in 2001 was the first of its kind, a landmark agreement in Australia.
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'Bundjalung' (Monkey & the Fish)
Written and recorded in collaboration with local Bundjalung custodians, 'Bundjalung' is written and performed by (then) Lismore-based duo Monkey and the Fish (Marcelle Townsend-Cross and Chris Fisher).
Marcelle Townsend-Cross, a woman of Biripi, Worimi, and Irish descent and a member of the Stolen Generations, has also worked extensively in education, including at Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples (Southern Cross University) and Griffith University.
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Bundjalung Language
Evelyn Araluen, author and scholar of Indigenous languages (of paternal Bundjalung and maternal Wiradjuri heritage) shares her knowledge of Bundjalung language in this clip from ABC Radio National.
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Image courtesy of publisher's website.See full AustLit entry'Hours after rejecting the Corrowa People's native title claim on Brisbane's Meston Park, Justice Bruce Brosnan is brutally murdered in his home. Days later, lawyers against the claim are also found dead.
Aboriginal people were once prohibited from entering Brisbane's city limits at night, and Meston Park stood on the boundary. The Corrowa's matriarch, Ethel Cobb, is convinced the murders are the work of an ancient assassin who has returned to destroy the boundary, but Aboriginal lawyer Miranda Eversely isn't so sure.
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Image courtesy of Magabala BooksSee full AustLit entryJim Fox is fighting with the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) in the highlands of Irian Jaya. A gripping novel about Maree Fox's efforts to find her father, who is fighting in Irian Jaya. It examines relations between Indigenous Australians and West Papuans over the centuries. (Source: Publisher's website)
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This image has been sourced from online.See full AustLit entry'Shane and his friend, Red, live on a cattle station in the Kimberleys. The two are bound by their love of horses and their relationship with the land, under threat by the demands of big business. Shane discovers a herd of wild horses, and his determination to capture them is the pivot for an engrossing story about land rights and race relations.' (Publication summary)
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Screen cap from promotional trailerSee full AustLit entry'Tells the story of one of Australia's national heroes: Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who left school at fifteen, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that once and for all overthrew the fiction of terra nullius.'
Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 20/5/2014)
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Ruby Langford Ginibi
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Romaine Moreton
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Ellen van Neerven
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Gerry Bostock
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Arakwal People of Byron Bay. The community website for the Arakwal people (Byron Bay) specifically and the Bundjalung people more broadly, this website has rich information on Indigenous land use agreements, Bundjalung history and culture, local artists, and more. For example, it includes a timeline of the Bundjalung of Byron Bay (PDF).
Byron Shire Council: Native Title Agreements. Byron Bay's local council includes detailed information about the Indigenous land use agreements with the Bundjalung people, including their Statement of Commitment and Memorandum of Understanding.
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