Defending Country Patron Clare Wright's third book in her Democracy Trilogy: Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions

Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy is the third book in Clare Wright's Democracy Trilogy and it can be pre-ordered from publishers Text. More about the book can be found on Instagram. From the pre-publication publicity:

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.

Näku Dhäruk 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.

And it is a masterful, groundbreaking history.

Clare Wright is a Patron of Defending Country. Praise for her book comes from other Defending Country Patrons, Megan Davis and Thomas Mayo, and from Defending Country Supporters Larissa Behrendt, Anna Clark and Tom Griffiths. Defending Country wishes the book every possible success.

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Update 25 October 2024: The book is reviewed by Timothy Michael Rowse.