40,000 years to exile -- Exiled to great land -- The promise of Wybalenna -- The battle for VDL souls -- Empire, agency and a humble petition -- Defeating Wybalenna
Summary
A book to challenge the traditional notion of the the aboriginal inhabitants of Wybalenna as hopeless, dispossessed and illiterate. Author Leonie Stevens draws together written records including items in the Flinders Island Chronicle, sermons, letters and petitions to give the community a voice they have never been acknowledged as having. Seen through their own writing, the community can be seen for the first time as vibrant, complex and evolving
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Nov. 30, 2017)