Freedom Day: Vincent Lingiar

Freedom Day: Vincent LingiarWhen many voices are joined together, with courage, change can happen. In 1966, more than two hundred courageous Aboriginal people walked off the Wave Hill Cattle Station in the Northern Territory. Led by Vincent Lingiari, these stockmen and their families were walking together to fight for equal pay and land rights. Exquisitely illustrated and designed, this non fiction picture book brings a landmark historical event to a new generation. Many people

This is an urgent story of political irresponsibility

and all attempts to fight back are met with defeat

˜Still Alive exemplifies the graphic novels capacity for juxtaposition as resistance

'Robert Kenny enters with tender respect the cruelly ruptured world of the Australians as represented by the Wotjobaluk people

the ascendancy of authoritarianism and the retreat of democracy

We Are Australians encourages reflection and for readers to look further into the topics of citizenship and the role of Australia's First Nations people

so did her beliefs

an affront to God

introducing Australia's answer to Jack Reacher

How did the initial skirmishes with the indigenous population break out and how did the relationship turn sour so quickly

and that number grows each year

Thomas focuses on the stories of First Nations People