Friday essay: death on the Darling, colonialism’s final encounter with the Barkandji
- Written by Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
An Aboriginal flag planted on the riverbed in front of the last stagnant pools of water that are now the Darling River at Wilcannia.
John Janson-Moore
Driving the 200-kilometre round trip from Broken Hill to Wilcannia, the country opens up before us; the sky fills most of the horizon, save for a few hills and in every direction, red dust devils,...
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