![]() Many of the volumes from this collection are listed at this site and can be found as a set by searching for the special Keyword pwaboriginal Size: Octavo (standard book size). One of a large, sophisticated collection from an Australian expert in aboriginal languages, history and culture. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. ![]() ![]() But it is as much a celebration of what was and what endures, and a powerful reclaiming of Indigenous language, storytelling and identity. Profoundly moving and exquisitely written, Tara June Winch's The Yield is the story of a people and a culture dispossessed. Determined to make amends she endeavours to save their land - a quest that leads her to the voice of her grandfather and into the past, the stories of her people, the secrets of the river. Her homecoming is bittersweet as she confronts the love of her kin and news that Prosperous is to be repossessed by a mining company. She returns home for his burial, wracked with grief and burdened with all she tried to leave behind. August Gondiwindi has been living on the other side of the world for ten years when she learns of her grandfather's death. ![]() Albert is determined to pass on the language of his people and everything that was ever remembered. His life has been spent on the banks of the Murrumby River at Prosperous House, on Massacre Plains. Knowing that he will soon die, Albert 'Poppy' Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. ![]()
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