Songman: The Story Of An Aboriginal Elder Of Uluru

Bob Randall & Paul Newbury
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AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL
The autobiography of Bob Randall – singer, songwriter, activist and member of the Stolen Generation – which includes a clear, comprehensive and fascinating account of Aboriginal culture and customs.

This book is part autobiography, part explanation of Aboriginal belief, part history of the Indigenous struggle in Australia.

Taken from his family at the age of seven, Bob Randall spent time in an Alice Springs institution for children, Croker Island mission and Sydney, thousands of kilometres from home. After the war he married, moved to Darwin and began the long process of finding his family again and establishing a career as an Aboriginal educator. His song ‘My brown skin baby they take him away’ is a major rallying cry for the Stolen Generation.

With great lucidity and simplicity, Randall explains the Aboriginal principles of belief, linking Aboriginal spirituality with other world religions such as Buddhism.

Long practice in speaking and teaching has given him the capacity to speak in a non-confrontational manner about painful aspects of Australia’s history, and to suggest directions for the future.
xi, 273 p., [8] p. of plates ; ports. (some col.), 1 map ; 24 cm. #110922 First Edition.
Randall, Bob (Robert James), 1934-2015. | Aboriginal Australians — Northern Territory — Biography. | Aboriginal Australians — Northern Territory — Removal. | Child welfare – Child / parent separation – Stolen generations. | Music – Musicians – Singers. | History – Biographies – Indigenous – Autobiographies. | Yankunytjatjara people (C4) (NT SG52-16) | Darwin (NT Top End SD52-04) | Croker Island (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)

Additional Information

AuthorBob Randall & Paul Newbury
Number of pages256
PublisherABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Year Published2003
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

Very Good +

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