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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
Notes
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Dedication: To my Granny Awumpun (Jean George) whose name and life story will continue to exist in time.
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Premiered at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane produced by Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts Company in 2007.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also e-book.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
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 2004 single work life story -
[Review] Whispers of This Wik Woman
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 12 no. 1 2005; (p. 106-107)
— Review of Whispers of This Wik Woman 2004 single work life story 'In 2003 Fiona Doyle won the national David Unaipon Award for an unpublished manuscript by an Indigenous writer.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
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 2004 single work life story ; In Tasmania 2004 single work prose -
Book Tribute to a Wise Woman
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 17 November no. 339 2004; (p. 30) -
Nagged into Writing by Nana's Whispers
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 October 2003; (p. 17)
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The Need to Know
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 2004 single work life story ; In Tasmania 2004 single work prose -
[Review] Whispers of This Wik Woman
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 12 no. 1 2005; (p. 106-107)
— Review of Whispers of This Wik Woman 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
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 2004 single work life story -
Book Tribute to a Wise Woman
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 17 November no. 339 2004; (p. 30) -
Nagged into Writing by Nana's Whispers
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 October 2003; (p. 17)
Awards
Last amended 14 Jun 2018 06:35:19
Subjects:
- Weipa Mission Station (1898-1919), Weipa, Aurukun - Bamaga area, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
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