Product Description
Lighting the Way: Reconciliation Stories captures the spirit of reconciliation. A collection of stories about individual and community acts of reconciliation, it is honest and engaging, and shows what reconciliation means and why so many Australians wish to achieve it.
Each story is personal and immediate. Some trace families and relationships over generations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. This book reveals Australia for all that it is, has been and can be.
Foreword
by Linda Burney, Director General, NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs
Sharing the Spirit
The Precious Waterhole of Illmargani
Bunjil and the Barber Shop
Fighting with Joy and Laughing
The Serpent Cope
Fire in Ice
Sea of Hands in the Mist
Painting Partners
Recovering History
Protecting the Warrior Spirit
Remembering Myall Creek
The Torchbearer
Saying Sorry
The Legacy of a Tribal Foremother
Jonah’s Pride and the Magpie
The Healing House
Mirrilingki
Taking Sides
Raising the Flag
Stolen Pencils
The Sacred Lagoon
A Win for the Mutawintji Mob
Walking the Land
Celebrating Diversity
The Clasping Hand
The Poisoned Well
When I Grow Up
Coexistence
The Giant Coolamon