Whispers Of The WIK Woman
Author: Doyle, Fiona
ISBN: 9780702234613
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2004
Pages:
Dimensions: 199mm x 130mm x 11mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
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.
ISBN: 9780702234613
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2004
Pages:
Dimensions: 199mm x 130mm x 11mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
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.
