Anthology of Australian Aboriginal Literature by Heiss Anita;Minter Peter;

Author:Heiss, Anita;Minter, Peter;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2014-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

BURNUM BURNUM 1936–1997

Born at Wallaga Lake, NSW, Burnum Burnum was an activist, rugby player, actor, author, dreamer and respected Aboriginal elder. Removed from his parents at the age of three months and named Harry Penrith, he spent his early years in children’s homes, where he was raised to believe he was white. In the 1960s, he searched for his Aboriginal identity, joined the struggle for Aboriginal rights, and took the name of his great-grandfather, meaning ‘Great Warrior’. He attended the University of Tasmania and became an active member of the Aboriginal community, helping to organise the 1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. On Australia Day 1988 he famously declared Aboriginal possession of England, raising the Aboriginal flag on the English coast at Dover.

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