Seafaring: Canoeing Ancient Songlines NSW The author interweaves historical events

The author interweaves historical events and characters – she shatters stereotypes and puts a human face to this Aboriginal perspective

WINNER – 2016 Book of the Year in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards

Spanning four generations from the 1880s when the author’s maternal great-grandfather

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Seafaring: Canoeing Ancient Songlines NSW The author interweaves historical eventsFor various reasons, this story cannot be proven. But that does not matter to me because in my Aboriginal way of being and knowing, stories like my uncles do not need modern scientific proof to have validity the role of story in Indigenous community is key to all aspects of our Culture. A long time ago Indigenous Australian seafarers sailed to Hawaii on the trade winds. When they got there they exchanged skills, information and technology. A story