{"product_id":"naku-dharuk-the-bark-petitions","title":"Naku Dharuk The Bark Petitions","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER, NSW Literary Awards Book of the Year, 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER, NSW Literary Awards Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction, 2026\u003cbr\u003eWINNER, The Australian Political Book of the Year, 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER, Queensland Literary Awards: University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award, 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER, Northern Territory History Award, 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED, Prime Minister's LIterary Award, Australian History, 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED, Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Non-Fiction, 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED, Age Book of the Year, Non-fiction, 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED, NSW History Awards, Australian History Prize, 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED, The Australian Political Book of the Year, 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A masterpiece.' Thomas Mayo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most painstaking and beautiful reconstruction of mission life...feels like a revolutionarily good piece of history...exhilarating to read...so gripping.' Annabel Crabb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this engaging narrative, Wright follows the story of petitions on bark created by the Yirrkala community in Arnhem Land in 1963, protesting bauxite mining on traditional lands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1963-a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide-the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Naku Dharuk. 'The land grew a tongue' and the land-rights movement was born.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaku Dharuk is the story of a founding document in Australian democracy and the trailblazers who made it. It is also a pulsating picture of the ancient and enduring culture of Australia's first peoples. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd it is a masterful, groundbreaking history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClare Wright's Democracy Trilogy began with \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Rebels of Eureka\u003c\/i\u003e and continued with \u003ci\u003eYou Daughters of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e. It concludes with this compulsively readable account of a momentous episode in our shared story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE:   \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e '\u003c\/b\u003eA landmark history.' \u003cb\u003eMark McKenna\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Clare Wright is the most remarkable and striking voice working on recovering the lost and forgotten pages of Australian history. Her work, as accessible as it is scholarly, is of the greatest importance.' \u003cb\u003eWilliam Dalrymple\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eA masterful and definitive account of one of the most important political documents in Australian history. Wright brings to life this moving story of unwavering Yolngu resistance and the enduring legacy of their political actions.\u003cb\u003e' Larissa Behrendt, Distinguished Professor, UTS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'What distinguishes Wright's account of the disorder among settler authorities is the length, detail and intimacy of her narration.\u003cb\u003e' \u003ci\u003eConversation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'The non-fiction book to know about...An essential account of the land rights movement and beyond.'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eQantas Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wright is creating an entirely new narrative, a reading of Australian history grounded in her own experience, a story only she is qualified to tell. It is a powerful account, and a weighty one.'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eInside Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Vividly alive and combining the personal with an extraordinary depth of research and sophisticated scholarship...a book that should be read by all Australians.' \u003cb\u003eJudges of the Book of the Year Award, 2026 NSW Literary Awards\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Clare Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516746498109,"sku":null,"price":42.75,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781922330864.jpg?v=1787571319","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/naku-dharuk-the-bark-petitions","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}