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Author:agent Jennifer Tannoch-Bland

Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 [Review] Whispers of This Wik Woman

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'In 2003 Fiona Doyle won the national David Unaipon Award for an unpublished manuscript by an Indigenous writer. This book is the result, and it is easy to appreciate why the judges decided that this was a tale the public needed to hear, not least because it adds an oddly shaped piece to the vast jigsaw that is Australian native title. In the process it does much more, drawing the reader into the whispered history of 'this Wik woman' (the author's grandmother) and her people.' (Introduction)

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y Queensland Review vol. 12 no. 1 2005 Z1224018 2005 periodical issue Abstract 'This issue of Queensland Review coincides with the death of Queensland's longest serving and most controversial Premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. For many Queenslanders, this event provided an opportunity to reflect on the 'Joh era', and to consider how Queensland has changed since it came to an end in 1987. As Sandy McCutcheon's Australia Talks Back program on the legacy of Sir Joh demonstrated, the former Premier continues to divide Queenslanders. 1 The post-mortem reflections on Sir Joh have, however, brought into sharp relief a change in perceptions of the state of Queensland from within as well as without. The dismissive characterisation of Queensland as Australia's 'cultural desert' has been replaced by a new interest in the state's distinctive history and its future directions. The work published here exemplifies· the way in which research into Queensland's local and regional specificities and histories now engages robustly with broader national and international debates.' (Editorial) 2005
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