Publisher's synopsis
An extraordinary illustrated history told from the Indigenous perspective and created through a series of workshops, extensive research and community consultation. Honour Book in the 2010 CBCA Awards.
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Maralinga – the Anangu Story is our story. We have told it for our children, our grandchildren and their children. We have told it for you.[/perfectpullquote]
In words and pictures Yalata and Oak Valley community members, with author Christobel Mattingley, describe what happened in the Maralinga Tjarutja lands of South Australia before the bombs and after.
Awards
- Commended, CBCA Book of the Year – Eve Pownall Award, 2010, AU
- Short-listed, Australian Educational Publishing Awards, Primary Library Book Category, 2010, AU
- Short-listed, NSW Premier’s History Awards (The Young People’s History Prize), 2010, AU
Mima Smart writes:
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Alice Cox, Margaret May, Pansy Woods, Mabel Queama, Marjorie Sandimar, Yvonne Edwards, Mima Smart, Janet May worked as storytellers or translators with Christobel Mattingley to tell the story of what happened at Maralinga. Our story is a very important story that needs to be heard by children and adults across our country. Christobel has added a lot of other stories and information to make a very strong story. We have continued working on the book this year and have just finished another workshop to draw pictures that help tell our story. Dora Queama, Hilda Moodoo, Audra Bridley and Noelene Bridley have helped some of the older ladies to do the paintings.[/perfectpullquote]
Bio: Allen & Unwin
Christobel Mattingley was an award-winning author who wrote over forty books for children, many of which have been translated and published overseas. She researched and edited the acclaimed Aboriginal history, Survival in Our Own Land. For services to literature she was made an Honorary Doctor of the University of South Australia and created a Member of the Order of Australia. She died in 2019.
Bio and photo: Text Publishing
