Text Publishing is delighted to announce Clare Wright’s author tour for her new book, Ṉäku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions.
In 1963 – a year of agitation for civil rights worldwide – the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Näku Dhäruk. ‘The land grew a tongue’ and the land-rights movement was born. In this engaging narrative, award-winning historian Clare Wright follows the story of petitions on bark created by the Yirrkala community in Arnhem Land in 1963: the first native title documents recognised by the Australian government.
Clare Wright's tour for Ṉäku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions will include:
Friday 4 October
10.00am
Yirrkala community launch
Venue: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, NT
Monday 7 October
6.30pm
Canberra launch with Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy
Venue: National Museum Australia, Lawson Crescent, Canberra, ACT
Tuesday 8 October
7.00pm
Sydney launch with Professor Megan Davis
Venue: The Royal Oak, 36 College St, Balmain, NSW
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Thursday 10 October
1.00pm
Writers at Stanton with Paul Daley
Venue: Stanton Library, 234 Miller St, North Sydney, NSW
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Wednesday 16 October
6.30pm
Melbourne launch, featuring special guests and a performance by Yirrmal
Venue: Wild Geese Hotel, Lvl 1 Celtic Club Members Bar, 29 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, VIC
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Thursday 17 October
6.30pm
In conversation at Readings, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
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Saturday 19 October
Queenscliffe Writers Festival, VIC
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Tuesday 22 October
6:30pm
PMI Public Lecture
Venue: PMI Victorian History Library, 39 St. Edmonds Rd, Prahran, VIC
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NEW LISTING
Saturday 26 October
2:30-3.30pm
Clare Wright at Canberra Writers Festival: The Democracy Trilogy
Venue: Representatives Chambers | MOAD [60 minutes]
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Wednesday 30 October
6.00pm
Perth launch, with the Hon Kim Beazley AC and Prof Jane Lydon
Venue: State Library Theatre, State Library of WA, 25 Francis St, Perth, WA
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NEW LISTING
Friday 1 November
5.30pm
Clare Wright in conversation with Julie McIntyre, History Illuminated Festival
Venue: Warners Bay Theatre, 39 Lake St, Warners Bay 2282, NSW
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Thursday 7 November
6.30pm
Brisbane launch event with Thomas Mayo
Venue: The Old Museum, 480 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills 4006, QLD
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Naku Dharuk The Bark Petitions
Ṉäku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions is published 1 October and is available from all good booksellers.
