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Is part of Welcome to Our Country Adam Goodes , Ellie Laing , 2021 series - author picture book
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Somebody's Land : Welcome to Our Country
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'An accessible picture book for young children that introduces First Nations history and the term 'terra nullius' to a general audience, from Australian of the Year, community leader and anti-racism advocate Adam Goodes and political adviser and former journalist Ellie Laing, with artwork by Barkindji illustrator David Hardy.

'For thousands and thousands of years,
Aboriginal people lived in the land we call Australia.

The land was where people
built their homes,
played in the sun,
and sat together to tell stories.

When the white people came,
they called the land
Terra Nullius.
They said it was nobody's land.
But it was somebody's land.

'Somebody's Land is an invitation to connect with First Nations culture, to acknowledge the hurt of the past, and to join together as one community with a precious shared history as old as time.

'Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing's powerful words and David Hardy's pictures, full of life, invite children and their families to imagine themselves into Australia's past - to feel the richness of our First Nations' history, to acknowledge that our country was never terra nullius, and to understand what 'welcome to our country' really means.'(Publication summary)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2021 .
      image of person or book cover 8073355293251948880.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 24p.
      Description: illus.
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      • Published November 2021
      ISBN: 9781760526726

Works about this Work

Fatherhood Inspires Goodes to Share First Nations Past in a Children's Book Darren Coyne , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 17 November no. 764 2021; (p. 32)
'BARKINDJI artist David Hardy is not a huge fan of AFL football. but he jumped at the chance to work with former AFL great Adam Goodes on a series of children's books.'  
 
Cover Book Review : Somebody's Land by Adam Goodes, Ellie Laing and David Hardy Allison Paterson , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 36 no. 5 2021; (p. 14)

— Review of Somebody's Land : Welcome to Our Country Adam Goodes , Ellie Laing , 2021 single work picture book
'The story of 'Somebody's Land' begins before the arrival of white people.' (Introduction)
Cover Book Review : Somebody's Land by Adam Goodes, Ellie Laing and David Hardy Allison Paterson , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 36 no. 5 2021; (p. 14)

— Review of Somebody's Land : Welcome to Our Country Adam Goodes , Ellie Laing , 2021 single work picture book
'The story of 'Somebody's Land' begins before the arrival of white people.' (Introduction)
Fatherhood Inspires Goodes to Share First Nations Past in a Children's Book Darren Coyne , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 17 November no. 764 2021; (p. 32)
'BARKINDJI artist David Hardy is not a huge fan of AFL football. but he jumped at the chance to work with former AFL great Adam Goodes on a series of children's books.'  
 
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