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ABORIGINES OF NORTHERN QUEENSLAND
(Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences of Early Queensland)
One of the most popular books ever written about traditional Aborigines in Australia, Tom Petrie’s ‘Reminiscences’ is also regarded as an important historical document. Tom Petrie grew up among the Turrbal tribe and, at 14 years old, was one of the first Europe ans to visit the fabled Aboriginal gatherings in the Bunya Mountains. |
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Reviews for The Feast of the Bunya
“A charming, lyrical and magnificently researched evocation of clan life in Australia at the advent of European exploration… beautifully crafted.”
Tom Flood Miles Franklin Award Winner on The Feast of the Bunya
“I thought the writing and story very beautiful.”
Belinda Bolliger Australian Broadcasting Corporation on The Feast of the Bunya
“Captures a sense of indigenous tribal life with impressive detail and care… a welcome addition to educational studies.”
Sue Murray Producer, Ten Canoes on The Feast of the Bunya
“While essentially an adventure romance with plenty of action and thrills to keep the pages whipping over, it is the depth of detail of camp life across the different river and mountain tribes that remains etched in the mind.”
Driftwood Review on The Feast of the Bunya
“Blends easy humor with charged drama… The Feast of the Bunya will be appreciated by readers interested in pre-European Australian history…”
Kirsty Brooks on The Feast of the Bunya
“A page turner…”
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From the author...
Hello. My name is Peter Denton. I’ve recently finished a new eBook called “The Feast of the Bunya.”
Set on the eve of the European settlement of Australia, it’s a factional account of events leading up to the great tri-annual gathering of Aboriginal tribes in the Bunya Mountains in South-East Queensland.
I’ve told the story of a young hunter, Ulloola Yaluma, who falls in love with Mondtha, the neglected fourth wife of the powerful clan leader Murrambool ‘the brown snake’ — Ulloola’s father.
As punishment, Ulloola is ordered to leave his seaside home and travel alone across the mountains. He carries secret messages about the bunya gathering later in the season.
On reaching a large outback camp, he begins a harsh bride-service for the family of Baringa, a young girl to whom he has been betrothed since childhood.
But when Baringa is abducted by a hated rival tribe, Ulloola’s life is turned upside down. Humiliated and far from home, he is unexpectedly initiated into the secret world of the kadiatya and ordered to take bloody revenge…
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Why I wrote this book
When I was growing up in rural Australia in the early 1970’s, my father told me of an old aboriginal man he met who was following an invisible path across a remote paddock.
I never forgot the story, which eventually sparked a larger curiosity of what Australia was like before Europeans arrived. I wanted to know about the people who lived here and what the land was like before the trees were cut down and roads and fences crossed the country.
I also wanted to explore my own relationship with Australia. Since the 1820’s my family has been farming in various parts of the country—from the rolling wheat fields of South Australia to the harsh outback of central Australia and the mountainous New England region.
Like many farming families who lived lonely lives in the remote bush, it is possible that Aboriginal blood co-mingled with a proud Celtic ancestry. But such things were never, ever discussed.
Nor, until recently, was our rich indigenous culture deemed to officially exist. When I was young, Aboriginal communities were hidden away down deep rutted tracks or behind the municipal dump. They were not encouraged to go into town.
Terra Nullius, the empty land, was still the basis of legal land ownership. We were a country living in denial of 50,000 years of human history. Even today, most Australians know little about Aboriginal society before Europeans arrived.
That is why I spent seven years researching and writing The Feast of the Bunya. Some people say I have no right to tell such a story; that aboriginal people need to recall their own history. Well, I can’t disagree with that. But I also believe there are many ways to tell a good story — and that this is a story that needs to be told.
I hope you enjoy reading The Feast of the Bunya as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you’d like to make a comment you can contact me at < peter dot denton at pembrookepress dot com dot au >.
At the end of my story, our hero Ulloola returns to his homeland. But I have the feeling he is looking for a new adventure. |
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About the author
Peter Denton is the author of seven non-fiction books, including two best-selling biographies. The Feast of the Bunya is his first eBook. A former Australian Financial Review journalist, he is also the sixth generation of an Australian farming family. He lives in northern New South Wales with his family. |
