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'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.' Source: Publisher's blurb

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Notes

  • Dedication: To my Granny Awumpun (Jean George) whose name and life story will continue to exist in time.
  • Premiered at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane produced by Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts Company in 2007.

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Whispers of This Wik Woman Fiona Doyle , 2007 single work drama 'This is a true story of a proud woman's life in remote Western Cape York. Fiona brings to life her love and influences her granny shared with her as a child through to adulthood. This story begins in a time when culture and tradition, along with the clothes on your back, was enough to survive. A story of determination and loyalty to the teachings of her people and Country.' Source: www.judithwrightcentre.com.au (Sighted 30/10/07).
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Works about this Work

Untitled Jean Yates , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Books from Our Backyard : Must-Read Books from Queensland 2006; (p. 97)
— Review of Whispers of This Wik Woman Fiona Doyle , 2004 single work life story
[Review] Whispers of This Wik Woman Jennifer Tannoch-Bland , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 12 no. 1 2005; (p. 106-107)
— Review of Whispers of This Wik Woman Fiona Doyle , 2004 single work life story 'In 2003 Fiona Doyle won the national David Unaipon Award for an unpublished manuscript by an Indigenous writer. This book is the result, and it is easy to appreciate why the judges decided that this was a tale the public needed to hear, not least because it adds an oddly shaped piece to the vast jigsaw that is Australian native title. In the process it does much more, drawing the reader into the whispered history of 'this Wik woman' (the author's grandmother) and her people.' (Introduction)
The Need to Know Kathy Hunt , 2004-2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 December - 11 January vol. 122 no. 6452 2004-2005; (p. 130)
— Review of Whispers of This Wik Woman Fiona Doyle , 2004 single work life story ; In Tasmania Nicholas Shakespeare , 2004 single work prose
Book Tribute to a Wise Woman Elizabeth Burrows , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 17 November no. 339 2004; (p. 30)
Nagged into Writing by Nana's Whispers Natalie Gregg , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 October 2003; (p. 17)
The Need to Know Kathy Hunt , 2004-2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 December - 11 January vol. 122 no. 6452 2004-2005; (p. 130)
— Review of Whispers of This Wik Woman Fiona Doyle , 2004 single work life story ; In Tasmania Nicholas Shakespeare , 2004 single work prose
[Review] Whispers of This Wik Woman Jennifer Tannoch-Bland , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 12 no. 1 2005; (p. 106-107)
— Review of Whispers of This Wik Woman Fiona Doyle , 2004 single work life story 'In 2003 Fiona Doyle won the national David Unaipon Award for an unpublished manuscript by an Indigenous writer. This book is the result, and it is easy to appreciate why the judges decided that this was a tale the public needed to hear, not least because it adds an oddly shaped piece to the vast jigsaw that is Australian native title. In the process it does much more, drawing the reader into the whispered history of 'this Wik woman' (the author's grandmother) and her people.' (Introduction)
Untitled Jean Yates , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Books from Our Backyard : Must-Read Books from Queensland 2006; (p. 97)
— Review of Whispers of This Wik Woman Fiona Doyle , 2004 single work life story
Book Tribute to a Wise Woman Elizabeth Burrows , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 17 November no. 339 2004; (p. 30)
Nagged into Writing by Nana's Whispers Natalie Gregg , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 October 2003; (p. 17)
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Subjects:
  • Weipa Mission Station (1898-1919), Weipa, Aurukun - Bamaga area, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
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