Deep History

<p><strong style=color: rgba(34 30 32 1); background-color: rgba(236 234 232 1)>What is deep history? How do histories make sovereignty on Country? What is history's future?</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 30 32 1); background-color: rgba(236 234 232 1)>For Aboriginal people the past is the present. Competing histories form and transform the lands peoples and nations of Oceania from the Pacific Islands New Guinea and Aotearoa/New Zealand to Australia. In nations impacted by colonialism such questions are particularly pertinent. First Nations peoples have long made history living on their Country far longer than the colonial invaders.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 30 32 1); background-color: rgba(236 234 232 1)>In</span><em style=color: rgba(34 30 32 1); background-color: rgba(236 234 232 1)> Deep History: Country and Sovereignty</em><span style=color: rgba(34 30 32 1); background-color: rgba(236 234 232 1)> edited by Ann McGrath and Jackie Huggins leading historians and thinkers explore Indigenous histories of caring for places and people over millennia. With contributions from Brenda L. Croft Anna Clark Lynette Russell and many more </span><em style=color: rgba(34 30 32 1); background-color: rgba(236 234 232 1)>Deep History</em><span style=color: rgba(34 30 32 1); background-color: rgba(236 234 232 1)> considers how stories of the past and the future are inscribed on land waterways and skies. Walking on Country gardening and agriculture and rock art are historical practices that continue to play an important role in asserting sovereign rights.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 30 32 1); background-color: rgba(236 234 232 1)>While colonial powers crafted historical narratives of entitlement First Nations people continue to perform deep histories of sovereignty. </span><em style=color: rgba(34 30 32 1); background-color: rgba(236 234 232 1)>Deep History</em><span style=color: rgba(34 30 32 1); background-color: rgba(236 234 232 1)> offers readers an invitation to walk the Country to see how it reveals the most crucial of all histories for the planet.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 30 32 1); background-color: rgba(236 234 232 1)>'A powerful collection of connections to history Country and culture.' - Terri Janke.</strong></p>