Book description
From the bestselling author of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) comes a sweeping new historical blockbuster about resistance, love and resilience during the frontier wars.
Miinaa was a young girl when the white ghosts first arrived. She remembers the day they raised a piece of red and white cloth and…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Dirrayawadha as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Dirrayawadha (Rise Up) by best-selling Wiradyuri author, Dr Anita Heiss, is an outstanding Australian historical novel. - truth-telling through fiction, a story of love and resilience in a time of war.
I loved this beautifully written book, especially the weaving of Wiradyuri language throughout as part of storytelling, and critically, Mother Earth’s poignant contemplation and her comments, book-ending this story.
In Anita’s acknowledgements, she writes “Dirrayawadha is probably the most important book I will ever write.”
I believe her. The love story between Miinaa and Dan is heartbreakingly beautiful, but the tragedy and utter desecration and displacement of the indigenous…
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