Finding Our Heart: A Story about the Uluru Statement for Young Australians by Bl

Description: Finding Our Heart by Blak Douglas, Thomas Mayo A young readers edition that follows Thomas Mayors bestselling book Finding the Heart of the Nation. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 ABIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNG CHILDREN When we all came together at Uluru, we invited all Australian people to accept our voice and culture as a gift. Can you help us find the heart of the nation? A book about understanding Australias past, so we can have a shared future. Author Biography Thomas Mayo is a Torres Strait Islander man born on Larrakia country in Darwin. As an Islander growing up on the mainland, he learned to hunt traditional foods with his father and to island dance from the Darwin community of Torres Strait Islanders. In high school, Thomass English teacher suggested he should become a writer. He didnt think then that he would become one of the first ever Torres Strait Islander authors to have a book published for the general trade. Instead, he became a wharf labourer from the age of seventeen, until he became a union official for the Maritime Union of Australia in his early thirties. Quietly spoken in character, Thomas found his voice on the wharves. As he gained the skills of negotiation and organising in the union movement, he applied those skills to advancing the rights of Indigenous peoples, becoming a signatory to the Uluru Statement from the Heart and a tireless campaigner. Following the Uluru Convention, Thomas was entrusted to carry the sacred canvas of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. He then embarked on an eighteen-month journey around the country to garner support for a constitutionally enshrined First Nations voice, and a Makarrata Commission for truth-telling and agreement-making or treaties. Thomass journey continues, both in person and through the pages of this book for young Australians. Born Adam Douglas Hill to an Aboriginal father of the Dhungutti people and an Irish-Australian mother, Blak Douglas lives and works in the Sydney suburb of Redfern. He is trained in illustration and photography, and became a self–taught painter. His artistic style is influenced by the study of graphic design and his focus on social justice. His works have appeared at the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of NSW, National Maritime Museum, National Museum of Australia, Australian Museum, Taipei Museum and the Aboriginal Art Museum in Utrecht, Netherlands. He is a successive finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize and Mosman Art Prize, and an Archibald Prize finalist in 2015, 2018 and 2019. Douglas is also a classically trained didgeridoo player, and has performed nationally and internationally accompanying the likes of Christine Anu, Emma and Casey Donovan, Jessica Mauboy, Jenny Morris, Jane Rutter and Peter Sculthorpe. He has also performed at the Deadly Awards, the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony, Yabun Festival and the welcome for Nelson Mandela. Details ISBN1741177170 Audience Age 5-10 Year 2020 ISBN-10 1741177170 ISBN-13 9781741177176 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-06-01 Country of Publication Australia Illustrations Full colour throughout Pages 40 Illustrator Blak Douglas Subtitle A Story about the Uluru Statement for Young Australians Place of Publication South Yarra Short Title The Heart of the Nation Is HERE! Language English UK Release Date 2020-06-01 Author Thomas Mayo Publisher Hardie Grant Explore Imprint Hardie Grant Explore Edition Description First Edition, Hardback DEWEY 994.291 Audience Children / Juvenile NZ Release Date 2020-05-31 AU Release Date 2020-05-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:127629622;

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