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The Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Clare Wright in Conversation

  • University of Newcastle NUspace X321 Level 3 Cnr Hunter & Auckland St Newcastle (map)

In 1963—a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide—the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Naku Dharuk. ‘The land grew a tongue’ and the land-rights movement was born. The final book in Clare Wright’s historical trilogy tells the story of how the people of Yirrkala changed the course of Australian Democracy. Hosted by Jock Serong.