Happy Friday Traces reader! It's time for our weekly Friday Book Giveaway!
This week's chosen book is from our friends at Wakefield Press: Country, Kin and Culture, written by Claire Smith.
When Captain Cook landed on Australian shores he came into contact with one of the most dynamic, culturally rich and socially sophisticated societies that had ever existed. This book documents how one such community drew upon their sense of country, kin and culture to survive the incursions of British colonisation.
It outlines their histories from before contact to the present, through protectionism and assimilation, to self-determination and reconciliation. It presents the direct voices of Aboriginal people and government authorities through interviews and archival documents. This is a history not just of colonisation and resistance, but of cultural, social and political survival, even in the present day.
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Entries close Monday 2 November 5pm AEST. Australian entrants only. Winner will be announced via Facebook on Wednesday 4 November.
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