Description

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Powerful and inspiring: here are seven stirring stories about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who helped shape Australia. Each colourful spread in this illustrated book tells the story of incredible Indigenous Australians - such as Patyegarang, the young Darug woman who taught a First Fleet officer her language; Bungaree, the Kuring-gai nautical adventurer and Ngarrindjeri inventor and visionary David Unaipon.

About the Author

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Karen Wyld (Author)
Karen Wyld lives by the sea, on Kaurna Country in South Australia. She is a Martu descendant (people of the Pilbara in Western Australia). Having raised a daughter and sons, while working in many different types of jobs, Karen is now a writer. She grew up on a farm and lives with a menagerie of dogs, cats, chickens, rabbits and other animals.