Beyond the Meeting of the Waters
A Yorta Yorta Life Story
$48.00
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
16 September 2025
Summary
‘Storyline’ is the word used to describe the way the Indigenous stories relate with each other like veins running across the land. They are passed on by word of mouth and are communicated through other mediums: art, language, music and ceremony.
Yorta Yorta Elder Wayne Atkinson’s storyline begins, like thousands of generations before him, on the banks of a river, but it would take him to the halls of higher learning and a lifetime of activism to further the empowerment of his people.<…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522881011 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522881017 |
| Author: | Wayne Atkinson, Catherine Guinness |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 16 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 694g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 242mm x 165mm |
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About The Author
Wayne Atkinson
Dr Wayne Atkinson is a proud Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung man. He was the senior research officer for the Yorta Yorta Nations as they pursued their native title land rights claim and provided leadership of the Barmah National Park campaign, bringing the forest under joint Yorta Yorta and state government management. After completing a PhD he became a lecturer at the University of Melbourne, teaching about Yorta Yorta culture, their land rights struggle and long history of political activism. Dr Atkinson created the concept of Oncountry Learning, which is taught in Yorta Yorta country.
Catherine Guinness was born in England of Irish and English ancestry with connections to the Guinness family line in Ireland. Her family migrated to Sydney, where she completed a science degree. She worked on racial equality with West Indian communities in England and, back in Australia, has worked extensively with Aboriginal communities, especially on adult education, and with women and refugees. She is the author of Rubber Justice and A Haunting Silence.
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