Return to Uluru [electronic resource] / Mark McKenna.

Carlton, Victoria : Black Inc., [2021]©2021

McKenna, Mark, 1959- author.

01-01-2021

1 online resource (175 pages)

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Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

Ethnic relations

Homicide

Northern Territory

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Justice

Historiography

Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Uluru/Ayers Rock Region.

Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.

Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.

Aboriginal Australians -- History.

Uluru/Ayers Rock (N.T.) -- History.

Australia -- Race relations.

"A killing. A hidden history. A story that goes to the heart of the nation" -- Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781743821695

When Mark McKenna set out to write a history of the centre of Australia, he had no idea what he would discover. One event in 1934 -- the shooting at Uluru of Aboriginal man Yokunnuna by white policeman Bill McKinnon, and subsequent Commonwealth inquiry -- stood out as a mirror of racial politics in the Northern Territory at the time. But then, through speaking with the families of both killer and victim, McKenna unearthed new evidence that transformed the historical record and the meaning of the event for today. As he explains, 'Every thread of the story connected to the present in surprising ways.' In a sequence of powerful revelations, McKenna explores what truth-telling and reconciliation look like in practice. Return to Uluru brings a cold case to life. It speaks directly to the Black Lives Matter movement, but is completely Australian. Recalling Chloe Hooper's The Tall Man, it is superbly written, moving, and full of astonishing, unexpected twists. Ultimately it is a story of recognition and return, which goes to the very heart of the country. At the centre of it all is Uluru, the sacred site where paths fatefully converged.

Intro -- Praise for Return to Uluru -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Part One: Looking for the Centre -- Part Two: Lawman -- Part Three: Uluru -- Part Four: Desert Oak No. 1 -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Key Sources -- Endnotes -- List of Illustrations -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

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