Steve Trotter

Gawngan and the Marriage Tree (Australia's Black History, #2) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Gawngan had almost got what she wanted. She just had one last obstacle in her way... the Marriage Tree challenge!

Set on the Far North Coast of NSW on the coastal lands around present day Ballina and Evan's Head, 'Gawngan and the Marriage Tree' tells the story of Gawngan, a young woman, who desperately wants to be free from an arranged marriage to a bully. e story revolves around the Bundjalung custom that dubay-mir (young women) could have marriages annulled if they successfully climbed a special tree and removed a set number of branches from it.

Can Gawngan climb the enormous tree and remove the- branches so she can be rid of Dangan forever and be free to marry her childhood sweetheart, Balagaan?

The story follows on from events in ' The Magpie and the Snake' a story set in the 1820s that weaves local history and Bundjalung myths together to celebrate the rich culture, practices and lore of the Nyangbal people of Bullinaa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Steve Trotter
• Altersempfehlung: ab 9 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780645178432
• Artikelnr.: 72340399

Autorenporträt

Steve has taught for over 25 years, is an advocate of Aboriginal education and has worked with Indigenous students to connect them with their stories, both past and present.

Before that, he worked in video production, producing the Bundjalung Storm-water Education Project, with Indigenous students from Ballina, Lismore, Casino and Kyogle, and a short film, 'Small Man, Hairy Man', that recreates a Bundjalung man's encounter with a 'hairy man', a small Yeti-like creature.

Steve is an advocate for Reconciliation. His novel series, 'Australia's Black History', is a truth telling of our shared past. 'Savages' is Steve's third published novel.