Clare Wright wins NSW Literary Awards Book of the Year for land rights book
Clare Wright wins the $50,000 Book of the Year at the NSW Literary Awards for her nonfiction work, Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions. The book details the Yirrkala Bark Petitions presented by Yolŋu elders in 1963, which were pivotal in Australia's land rights movement, leading to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.
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