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The Visitors

Jane Harrison
3.85/5 (473 ratings)
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On a sweltering day, 26 January, 1788, on a bluff high above Sydney Cove, seven Aboriginal men stand looking out to sea. Moored off-shore is a huge nowee (boat) … then there are two, then more. Who are these visitors? Where are they from? What do they want? Should they be turned away—by force—or welcomed to country?

In The Visitors, Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison (Stolen, Rainbow’s End) reimagines the arrival of the First Fleet from a First Nations’ perspective. These senior men, carrying the weight of cultural responsibility in their very human hearts, must decide what action they’ll take toward these unwanted arrivals. A decision, under pressure, that will have repercussions—unforeseeably and forever. Told with wit, charm, and a fierce intelligence, Harrison’s story upends the dominant point of view of this pivotal event.

Annotated and with an introduction by Wesley Enoch.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
80 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Currency Press
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1760626767
ISBN13:
9781760626761
kindle Asin:
B0BXBGNY71

The Visitors

Jane Harrison
3.85/5 (473 ratings)
Read Download
On a sweltering day, 26 January, 1788, on a bluff high above Sydney Cove, seven Aboriginal men stand looking out to sea. Moored off-shore is a huge nowee (boat) … then there are two, then more. Who are these visitors? Where are they from? What do they want? Should they be turned away—by force—or welcomed to country?

In The Visitors, Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison (Stolen, Rainbow’s End) reimagines the arrival of the First Fleet from a First Nations’ perspective. These senior men, carrying the weight of cultural responsibility in their very human hearts, must decide what action they’ll take toward these unwanted arrivals. A decision, under pressure, that will have repercussions—unforeseeably and forever. Told with wit, charm, and a fierce intelligence, Harrison’s story upends the dominant point of view of this pivotal event.

Annotated and with an introduction by Wesley Enoch.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
80 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Currency Press
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1760626767
ISBN13:
9781760626761
kindle Asin:
B0BXBGNY71

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