103 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 21 cm
Contents
Introduction by Dr Anita Heiss : An introduction to the Aboriginal people and place of Gadigal country ; Locations of Aboriginal groups in the Sydney area -- Brenda L. Croft : Cultural signposts: whose heritage is protected anyway ; Wuganmagulya (Farm Cove) -- Kate Gilbert : Chardonnay set ; Another night at the Bourbon and Beefsteak -- Nancia Guivarra : Terraist Manifesto -- Terri Janke : Survival in the big city -- Jonathan Jones : Moomalli to strike to make a mark -- Ruby Langford Ginibi : The big smoke -- John Lennis : Cadi Jam Ora: First encounters -- Melissa Lucashenko : let's get it right (Apologies to W.H. Auden) -- Lorraine McGee-Sippel : The 1988 Bicentennial march ; Introduced species -- Brenda Palma : Save our site: The story of the campaign to save the Australian hall, site of the 1938 Aboriginal day of mourning and protest ; Sydney real estate for sate -- Kerry Reed-Gibbert : Visitors ; Sydney ; Streets of sydney ; Do you know -- Steven Ross : Home time ; Impressive creature -- The contributors -- gadigal information service
Summary
Gadigal clan's land is the Sydney CBD and inner suburbs; this is the first book of writings produced by Gadigal Information Service (GIS), Sydney, in tribute to the Gadigal people of Sydney who were devastatingly affected by smallpox in the first few years of British settlement in Sydney/Port Jackson; all the writers/artists in this collection live in Sydney, some were born there, but all contributions are based in Gadigal country and are fiction, factual accounts, essays, poetry; includes notes on contributors; outline of Gadigal Information Services; contributions annotated separately
