- Format Softcover
- Pages 112
- ISBN 9781922613592
- Release date April 1, 2023
- Category
- Resources
Seafaring: Canoeing Ancient Songlines
“For various reasons, this story cannot be proven. But that does not matter to me because in my Aboriginal way of being and knowing, stories like my uncle’s do not need modern scientific proof to have validity – the role of story in Indigenous community is key to all aspects of our Culture.”
A long time ago Indigenous Australian seafarers sailed to Hawaii on the trade winds. When they got there they exchanged skills, information and technology.
A story told to his uncle by an Indigenous Hawaiian elder would change the shape of Gumbaynggirr/Gamilaroi man Victor Briggs’ life, and send him on a search for answers to the question: were Indigenous Australians master navigators of one of the world’s largest oceans, the South Pacific? Is this yet another example of suppression of the past in colonial history?
Bringing voice to his ancestors and the power of oral storytelling, Victor shares his compelling journey into the past through research, stories and visions.
This seed of an idea is crying out for further research about the world’s largest ocean and its Indigenous trading networks.
Praise for Seafaring: Canoeing Ancient Songlines
“This is an astounding book of research, dream, speculation and defiance. It shines an audacious light on the history of this country...and the world.”
– Bruce Pascoe
“Take the trip with this remarkable book, written with passion and authority, and you’ll find yourself a changed person…”
– Will Yeoman, Writing WA
- Format Softcover
- Pages 112
- ISBN 9781922613592
- Release date April 1, 2023
- Category
- Resources
