BOOK | Bundjalung Jugun, Bundjalung Country by Jennifer Hoff
For white Australia's bicentenary in 1988, Aboriginal people took the defiant slogan: We have survived!
No nation proves this better than the Bundjalung caught between the penal settlements of Port Macquarie and Moreton Bay, invaded by loggers, farmers, developers and tourists, their culture endures and even flourishes.
This book tells their inspiring story, the how and why of survival.
By Jennifer Hoff
Forward by Aunty June Gordon
Contents Overview | The invasion begins, Cutting the forests, Many strangers - one land, squatters and settlers, Malice, mistakes and misery, The black wars, life in the bush, Way of the warriors, Women's lives, Clever people, special places, and Learning from the Elders.
Finer Details:
Title | Bundjalung Jugun = Bundjalung country / Jennifer Hoff.
Author | Hoff, Jennifer.Other Authors | Richmond River Historical Society
Published | Lismore, N.S.W. : Richmond River Historical Society, 2006.
Physical Description |xvi, 284 p. : ill., 1 map, ports. ; 29 cm.
Subjects |
- Toolbillibam.
- Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Rivers Region (N.S.W.) -- History.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- New South Wales -- Northern Rivers Region.
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers.
- Daily life.
- Children.
- Colonisation.
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry.
- Race relations - Violent.
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900.
- Dance - Festivals.
- Dance - Ceremonial.
- Plants - Bunya pines.
- Feuds and warfare.
- Hunting, gathering and fishing.
- Bandjalang (Australian people)
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Northern Rivers Region -- History.
- Richmond River (NSW N Coast SH56-03, SH56-02)
- Kangaroo Creek (NSW N Coast SH56-06)
- Kyogle (NSW N Coast SH56-03)
- Yulgilbar (NSW N Coast SH56-06)
- Clarence River (NSW N Coast SH56-07, SH52-06, SH52-02)
- Bullen-bullens
- Bon-ye bon-ye
Notes | Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 275-278.
Language | English
ISBN | 9781875474240 1875474242 :
Dewey Number | 305.899150944
Libraries Australia ID: 40223818
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