Strangers on Coutry
David Hartley and Kirsty Murray/Dub Leffler
SHORTLISTED CBCA EVE POWNALL AWARD 2021
Imagine you find a stranger on your favourite beach. They are pale, starving, desperate for shelter and speak a language you can’t understand. Despite your fears, you treat them with kindness. You feed them and comfort them. They become like family to you and learn how to live on country.
‘Strangers on Country’ describes the experiences of six Europeans who were taken in by Indigenous communities of eastern Australia between the 1820s and 1870s. The shipwreck survivors and runaway convicts stayed alive only through their hosts’ generosity.
Too often Australian history is told only from a European perspective. Imagining events from both Indigenous Australian and European perspectives, the authors have brought to life remarkable true stories that inspire connection and understanding.
The use of the dual narrative approach is innovative and insightful, and the overall presentation is excellent.
- Release
- Apr-2020
- ISBN
- 9780642279552
- RRP (AUD)
- $29.99
- Format
- Paperback
- Category
- First Nations
Dave Hartley and Kirsty Murray
David Hartley is a descendant of the Barunggam people of the Darling Downs/Chinchilla regions of Queensland. David Hartley is a descendant of the Barunggam people of the Darling Downs/Chinchilla regions of Queensland.
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