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'This is the compelling story of how the skull of an Aboriginal man, found on the banks of the Murray River over 40 years ago, came to be returned to his Wamba Wamba descendants. It is a story of awakening, atonement, forgiveness and friendship. "It is as if a whole window into Indigenous culture has blown open, not just the window, but every door in the house," says John Danalis.
'Part history, part detective story, part cultural discovery and emotional journey, this is a book for young and old, showing the transformative and healing power of true reconciliation.' (From the publisher's website.)
Reading Australia
Notes
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Dedication: To my mother and father, who said 'Yes' To Bianca and Ebony, our future.
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Includes 'Welcome to Country' by Wyrker Milloo Gary Murray, Wamba Wamba Nation, Murray River. Dated April 2009.
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Foreword by Boori Monty Pryor, co-author of Maybe Tomorrow. Melbourne. Dated March 2009
Includes Afterword by Fiona Doyle Oochunyung, Cairns. Dated April 2009.
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Epigraph: The door that shuts you out is the same door that let you in. (Old Indian Saying)
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Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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John Danalis
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , no. 915 2013; (p. 5) -
Riding the Black Cockatoo
2013
single work
biography
— Appears in: Reconciliation News , December no. 28 2013; (p. 12-15) -
Reading and Viewing : Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islanders Texts for Years 9 and 10
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 2 2011; (p. 92-93)
— Review of Bran Nue Dae 2009 single work film/TV ; Deadly, Unna? 1998 single work novel ; Riding the Black Cockatoo 2009 single work autobiography -
[Review] Riding the Black Cockatoo
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Polestar , no. 21 2011; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo 2009 single work autobiography -
Journey a Lesson Globally
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Westside News , 17 March 2010; (p. 1)
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Confessions of a Fearful Whitefella
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 June 2009; (p. 35)
— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo 2009 single work autobiography ; Maralinga : The Anangu Story 2009 single work prose -
[Review] Riding the Black Cockatoo
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 June 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo 2009 single work autobiography -
Confessions of a Reconstructed Whitefella
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 July 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo 2009 single work autobiography -
Skull is Hard to Shift
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 - 19 July 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo 2009 single work autobiography -
Startling Sides of the Indigenous Coin
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 August 2009; (p. 18)
— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo 2009 single work autobiography ; Brown Skin Blue 2009 single work novel -
Riding the Black Cockatoo
Mike Shuttleworth
(interviewer),
2009
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , May no. 1 2009; (p. 12-13) -
Skull Makes a Moving Story
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 -11 October 2009; (p. 26) -
Journey a Lesson Globally
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Westside News , 17 March 2010; (p. 1) -
John Danalis
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , no. 915 2013; (p. 5) -
Riding the Black Cockatoo
2013
single work
biography
— Appears in: Reconciliation News , December no. 28 2013; (p. 12-15)