Welcome To Country. An Introduction To Our First Peoples For Young Australians

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Hardie Grant Explore
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2019
Edition: First Edition

Description: 220 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: ‘Australia is alive with the long history of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, our cultures and our stories. My generation of Aboriginal people want young Australians to be taught more about our history and culture than we were. I have met very few Australians who learned anything in school about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Many have told me that if they were taught anything at all, it was incorrect and often racist. In fact, many Australians think that the only ‘real Aboriginal people are those who live in the deserts. This idea is based on two centuries of racist views that were wrong and should have no place in modern Australia. Professor Marcia LangtonWritten by one of Australias most prominent Indigenous voices, Welcome to Country is essential reading for every young Australian. The chapters cover prehistory, post-colonial history, language, kinship, knowledge, art, performance, storytelling, Native Title, the Stolen Generations, making a rightful place for First Australians and looking to the future for Indigenous Australia. This book is for the new Australian generations and works towards rectifying the wrongs of this countrys past. You will quickly appreciate how lucky we are to be the home of the worlds oldest continuing civilisation which is both diverse and thriving in Australia today.Cover artwork New Roocruits by Archibald-finalist Blak Douglas.

ISBN: 9781741176667