Looking for Blackfella's Point by Mark Mckenna
Blackfellas' Point lies on the Towamba River in south-eastern New South Wales. As the river descends rapidly from its source on the Monaro plains, it winds its way through state forest, national park and farming land. Around twenty-five kilometres before it reaches the sea, just south of Eden, it passes through Towamba, the small village in which Mark McKenna now owns eight acres of land. Mark's land looks across the river to 'Blackfellas' Point', once an Aboriginal camping ground and meeting place. Looking for Blackfellas' Point is a history that begins by looking across the river to the arc of bush that is 'Blackfellas' Point. From there, Mark McKenna's gaze pans out - from the history of one place he knows intimately, to the history of one region and, ultimately, to the history of Australia's quest for reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Looking For Blackfellas' Point is a history for every Australian who is interested in the story of settler-Australia's relations with Indigenous people - what happened between us, how we learnt to forget and, finally, how we came to confront the truth about our past and build a movement for reconciliation.
Mark McKenna is one of Australia’s leading historians. A research fellow in History at the University of Sydney, he is the author of several prize winning books, including Looking for Blackfellas’ Point: an Australian History of Place, which won the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction and Book of the Year in the 2003 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. His essays and articles have been widely published in Australia and overseas. Seven years in the making, his biography of Manning Clark is his most ambitious project to date.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780868406442 |
| ISBN 10 | 0868406449 |
| Title | Looking for Blackfella's Point |
| Author | Mark Mckenna |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | NewSouth Publishing |
| Year published | 2002-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Prizes | Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award Book of the Year 2003, Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 2003 |
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