Return to Uluru /
When Mark McKenna set out to write a history of the center of Australia, he had no idea what he would discover. One event in 1934, the shooting at Uluru of Aboriginal man Yokunnuna by white policeman Bill McKinnon and subsequent Commonwealth inquiry, stood out as a mirror of racial politics in the N...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Carlton, Victoria :
Black Inc.,
[2021]
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| Summary: | When Mark McKenna set out to write a history of the center of Australia, he had no idea what he would discover. One event in 1934, the shooting at Uluru of Aboriginal man Yokunnuna by white policeman Bill McKinnon and subsequent Commonwealth inquiry, stood out as a mirror of racial politics in the Northern Territory at the time. But then, through speaking with the families of both killer and victim, McKenna unearthed new evidence that transformed the historical record and the meaning of the event for today. As he explains, 'Every thread of the story connected to the present in surprising ways.' In a sequence of powerful revelations, McKenna explores what truth-telling and reconciliation look like in practice. 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 center of it all is Uluru, the sacred site where paths fatefully converged. |
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| Physical Description: | 256 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781760642556 176064255X |