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'Ngarrindjeri women came to prominence in the 1990s with the Hindmarsh Island Bridge affair. Labelled "liars" in 1995 by a South Australian Royal Commission then vindicated in the Federal Court in 2001 as "truth-tellers", these Ngarrindjeri miminar have much to be angry about. But, they also have stories to tell about their lives and their visions for the future. Here they take us into their world of caring for their country, their families and their nation.
'What are our needs? What do we want to address our needs? Where are we going? What does the future hold for us, our children, our grandchildren, our young women?
'Their stories will charm and delight, and their stories will jar and shock. They ask that you kungun [listen] to their yunnan [speaking].
'When the Ngarrindjeri women of South Australia asked Diane Bell if she would work with them in the running of some workshops to develop a booklet about culture and governance, none of them realised quite where it would take them. This book is the result. It has developed from a booklet to a book that outlines their visions for the future. A future in which their culture is respected, their stories heard, their laws carried out.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: To all Ngarrindjeri, past, present and future. Our respect for all living things and our fight for Truth, Justice and Equity within our Lands and Waters guides us Ngarrindjeri miminar in the development of our plans. May our Spirits find rest and peace within our Lands and Waters.
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Book Review
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , November vol. 22 no. 4 2011; (p. 9)
— Review of Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking : Kungun Ngarrindjeri Miminar Yunnan 2008 anthology life story -
Listening to the Land and the Stories of the Women
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 20 no. 2 2008;
— Review of Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking : Kungun Ngarrindjeri Miminar Yunnan 2008 anthology life story ; Unsettling the Land 2008 selected work poetry -
Book of the Week
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 29 August vol. 18 no. 17 2008;
— Review of Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking : Kungun Ngarrindjeri Miminar Yunnan 2008 anthology life story -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: InCite , September vol. 29 no. 9 2008; (p. 19)
— Review of Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking : Kungun Ngarrindjeri Miminar Yunnan 2008 anthology life story -
Hindmarsh Island 'Affair' Is Retold
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 27 August no. 433 2008; (p. 59)
— Review of Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking : Kungun Ngarrindjeri Miminar Yunnan 2008 anthology life story
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Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: InCite , September vol. 29 no. 9 2008; (p. 19)
— Review of Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking : Kungun Ngarrindjeri Miminar Yunnan 2008 anthology life story -
Book of the Week
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 29 August vol. 18 no. 17 2008;
— Review of Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking : Kungun Ngarrindjeri Miminar Yunnan 2008 anthology life story -
Listening to the Land and the Stories of the Women
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 20 no. 2 2008;
— Review of Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking : Kungun Ngarrindjeri Miminar Yunnan 2008 anthology life story ; Unsettling the Land 2008 selected work poetry -
Book Review
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , November vol. 22 no. 4 2011; (p. 9)
— Review of Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking : Kungun Ngarrindjeri Miminar Yunnan 2008 anthology life story -
Hindmarsh Island 'Affair' Is Retold
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 27 August no. 433 2008; (p. 59)
— Review of Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking : Kungun Ngarrindjeri Miminar Yunnan 2008 anthology life story
- Hindmarsh Island, Victor Harbor - Goolwa area, Fleurieu Peninsula - Lake Alexandrina, South Australia,
- Meningie - Coorong area, South East South Australia, South Australia,