Heartsick for Country: Stories of Love, Spirit and Creation

AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL –

The stories in this anthology speak of the love between Aboriginal peoples and their countries. The stories in this anthology speak of the love between Aboriginal peoples and their countries. They are personal accounts that share knowledge, insight and emotion, each speaking of a deep connection to country and of feeling heartsick because of the harm that is being inflicted on country even today, through the logging of old growth forests, converting millions of acres of land to salt fields, destruction of ancient rock art and significant Aboriginal sacred sites, and a record of species extinction that is the worst in the world. The stories in this anthology speak of the love between Aboriginal peoples and their countries. They are personal accounts that share knowledge, insight and emotion, each speaking of a deep connection to country and of feeling heartsick because of the harm that is being inflicted on country even today, trough logging and much more.

• 286 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm. #301125

• First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:

  • Culture – Relationship to land
  • History – Oral history
  • History – Biographies – Indigenous – Autobiographies
  • Noongar / Nyungar / Nyungah people (W41) (WA SI50)
  • Palyku people (A55) (WA SF51-09)
  • Tasmania (Tas)
  • Coorong (SE SA SI54-13, SJ54-02)
  • Western Australia (WA)
  • Karuah River (NSW N Coast SI56-02)

  Subject:

  • Aboriginal Australians — Land tenure
  • Aboriginal Australians — Ethnic identity
  • Aboriginal Australians — Folklore
  • Aboriginal Australians — Social life and customs