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CloseTrouwerner is an inviting yarn between Elder Aunty Patsy Cameron, the 28th Tasmanian Governor Kate Warner, and journalist Martin Flanagan. It weaves through the coming-into-being time, Trouwerner’s colonisation and the lies of history, to the power of truth-telling and hope for the future. It is a story of kinship and respect, of realism and optimism, welcoming the reader into the conversation.
“Down the gravel road where Patsy lived as a child is a stretch of tall bush. Like a stage curtain, it hides the vista of Franklin Sound. Walking through that bush with Patsy is like entering a crowded room where you are a stranger and your companion seems to know everyone.”
Aunty Patsy Cameron grew up on Flinders Island and can trace her Aboriginal heritage through her mother’s line to four Ancestral grandmothers; Pleenpereener, Wyerlooberer,...
Martin Flanagan was born in Tasmania in 1955 and graduated with a law degree in 1975. He is the author of 20 books. Among them is a biography of Aboriginal footballer Michael Long (The Short Long Book, Penguin Random House). In...
We respectfully caution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers that this website contains images of people who have passed away.