| Record Number |
21347 |
| ISBN |
9781760850449 : |
| Location |
F HEI |
| Author |
Heiss, Anita, 1968- (author.). |
| Title |
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray / Anita Heiss. |
| Spine title |
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray : river of dreams |
| Published |
Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster, 2021. |
| ©2021. |
| Collation |
393 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
Title in Wiradyuri language. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary Note |
"Gundagai, 1852. The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in its wake. It is a stark reminder that while the river can give life, it can just as easily take it away.Wagadhaany is one of the lucky ones. She survives. But is her life now better than the fate she escaped? Forced to move away from her miyagan, she walks through each day with no trace of dance in her step, her broken heart forever calling her back home to Gundagai.When she meets Wiradyuri stockman Yindyamarra, Wagadhaany's heart slowly begins to heal. But still, she dreams of a better life, away from the degradation of being owned. She longs to set out along the river of her ancestors, in search of lost family and country. Can she find the courage to defy the White man's law? And if she does, will it bring hope ... or heartache?Set on timeless Wiradyuri country, where the life-giving waters of the rivers can make or break dreams, and based on devastating true events, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) is an epic story of love, loss and belonging." -- Inside front cover. |
| Awards Note |
Stella Prize (Longlist - 2022) |
| VIC Premier's Literary Award - Fiction (AUS) (Commended - 2022) |
| Subject |
Settlement and contacts - Settlers |
| Settlement and contacts - 19th Century |
| Race relations - Representation - Literature |
| Race relations - Racial discrimination - Employment |
| Wiradjuri people D10 |
| Literature and stories - Fiction |
| Culture - Relationship to land |
| Environment - Lakes and rivers |
| Environment - Climate and weather - Floods |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Fiction |
| Floods -- New South Wales -- Gundagai -- History -- Fiction |
| Historical fiction |
| Romance fiction |
| Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Fiction |
| Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Fiction |
| Floods |
| Interpersonal relations |
| Social conditions |
| Wiradjuri (Australian people) |
| Australian fiction |
| Australian fiction -- 21st century |
| Australian fiction |
| Floods -- Fiction |
| Interpersonal relations -- Fiction |
| Wiradjuri (Australian people) -- Fiction |
| Geographic Name |
Wagga Wagga (SW NSW SI55-15) |
| Gundagai (SW NSW SI55-15) |
| Murrumbidgee River (SW NSW SI54, SI55) |
| Murrumbidgee River (N.S.W. and A.C.T.) -- Fiction |
| Australia |
| New South Wales -- Gundagai |
| New South Wales -- Murrumbidgee River |
| Australia -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Murrumbidgee River (N.S.W.) -- Fiction |
| Gundagai (N.S.W.) -- Fiction |
| SUBJECT |
Australian |
| Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content |
| Internet Site |
2022 Stella Prize Longlist |
