Bulmurn : A Swan River Nyoongar

WEST AUSTRALIANA Aboriginal

Bulmurn, medicine man to the Swan River Nyoongars, saw the skin of his people changing, saw sickness strike the children of his clan, saw traditional learning falter. Refusing to continue healing those of mixed blood, he was judged by the Trial of Spears, and cast out. Alone, Bulmurn’s power increased, but when used in lethal retribution against the wadjbulla, that power precipitated the hunt for his life.
Set in the early 1800s, Bulmurn: A Swan River Nyoongar is a rare and dramatic combination of historical fiction with Aboriginal tribal beliefs and legendary figures. Richard Wilkes, a descendant of the Darbalyung Nyoongar people, wrote Bulmurn from stories which were passed to him in the tradition of oral story telling. First Edition. 219 p. : map ; 20 cm #19121/180124 (Small scribble on prelim.)
Noongar (Australian people) — History — Fiction. | Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Swan River Region — History — Fiction. | Noongar / Nyungar / Nyungah people (W41) (WA SI50) | Literature and stories – Fiction. | Swan River (SW WA SH50-14)