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Words to read on Jan 26th.
This 26 January, we’d like to take this opportunity to amplify First Nation stories, scholarly revisionist histories and thought-provoking political analysis. Expanding the truthtelling canon is integral to Black Inc. and without truth, there can be no reconciliation. We hope these titles enlighten, educate and above all inspire you to lead to from the heart. We pay respect to the Traditional Owners and Custodians, the Booonwurrung and Wowurrung (Wurundjeri) people of the Kulin Nation. whose land we are fortunate to live and work on. We pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging and recognise their continuing connection to land, waterways and community.
Statements From the Soul: A Moral Case for the Uluru Statement from the Heart Edited by Shireen Morris, Damien Freeman
A rallying cry of support across religious and political divisions, Statements from the Soul shows that the Uluru Statement goes to the heart of who we are as a country and is essential to reconciliation.
O’Leary of the Underworld: The Untold Story of the Forrest River Massacre by Kate Auty
A powerful investigation that reveals the deep injustices inflicted on Aboriginal people in the Kimberley in the 1920s.
‘Through research and writing that pulls no punches – and a compelling, often confronting storytelling style – Auty restores respect and humanity to those who deserved it, while tearing apart those who did not. A truly powerful book for all times.’ —Sandy Toussaint
Return to Uluru by Mark Mckenna
A killing. A hidden history. A story that goes to the heart of the nation. Return to Uluru brings a cold case to life. It speaks directly to the Black Lives Matter movement, but is completely Australian. Recalling Chloe Hooper’s The Tall Man, it is superbly written, moving, and full of astonishing, unexpected twists. Ultimately it is a story of recognition and return, which goes to the very heart of the country. At the centre of it all is Uluru, the sacred site where paths fatefully converged.
Telling Tennant's Story: The Strange Career of the Great Australian Silence by Dean Ashenden
Winner of the 2022 Australian Political Book of the Year Award
In a riveting combination of memoir, reportage and political and intellectual history, Ashenden traces the strange career of the great Australian silence – from its beginnings in the first encounters of black and white, through the work of the early anthropologists, the historians and the courts in landmark cases about land rights and the Stolen Generations, to still-continuing controversy.
