How to record a painful history? Lessons in cross-cultural collaboration with Aunty Fay Stewart-Muir and Marguerita Stephens
A conversation with respected Boon Wurrung Elder Aunty Fay Stewart-Muir (Boon Wurrung/Wemba Wemba) and historian Marguerita Stephens. The authors will share their experience of collaborating on their ground-breaking work “Years of Terror: Banbu-deen: Kulin & Colonists at Port Phillip 1835-1851."
A not-to-be-missed discussion on recording and sharing the truths of our colonial past.
Why did Billibellary and other Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung clansmen and women parley with Batman on the banks of the Merri Creek in June 1835? And what befell the clans in the decade and a half that followed that fateful encounter with Britain’s Empire? Based primarily on the daily journal of Assistant Protector William Thomas, this work meticulously documents the lives, and deaths, of those who struggled to hold their Country.
“Banbu-deen” is a groundbreaking work that reveals hidden stories of colonisation. It unveils the haunting years of invasion, providing an invaluable resource that unlocks the details, characters, and insights within Thomas’s journals.
“Banbu-deen” is a testament to the resilience and determination of the Kulin Nation and a call for a deeper understanding of our shared heritage.
This event will be MC’d by Georgina Arnott from the Australian Book Review.