Green Ringer
A Fitzroy Crossing Memoir
$28.04
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2027
Summary
A chronicle of young romance and wild adventure from a prime minister’s son, capturing a defining epoch in the Aboriginal land rights movement.
As Bob Hawke began his ascent to prime minister, his son Steve was experiencing inspiring leadership in the remote North-West as Indigenous communities rose up against decades of oppression. From a shocking encounter in an outback pub to the firsthand account of a survivor of the frontier massacres, and from the groundbreaking Noonkanbah land …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760996581 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760996580 |
| Author: | Steve Hawke |
| Publisher: | Fremantle Press |
| Imprint: | Fremantle Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2027 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 139mm x 206mm |
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Steve Hawke
Steve Hawke grew up in Melbourne but found his way to the Northern Territory and then to the Kimberley as a nineteen-year-old in 1978. Captivated by the country, the history and the people, he stayed for almost 15 years working for Aboriginal communities and organisations. He then settled in the hills outside Perth, returning to the Kimberley most years and continuing to work for the communities for over 40 years.
His books on the Kimberley include:
- Noonkanbah: Whose Land, Whose Law (1989)
- Barefoot Kids (2007) - children’s novel
- A Town Is Born: The Fitzroy Crossing Story (2013) - local history
- The Valley (2018) - novel
He has also written the biographies:
- Polly Farmer (1994)
- The Boy from Birdum (with Bill Dempsey, 2021)
And the novels:
- Out of Time (2019)
- The Brothers Wolfe (2023)
He collaborated with Bunuba Cultural Enterprises to create the play Jandamarra, which premiered at the Perth International Arts Festival in 2008 and toured the Kimberley in 2011. He also created the libretto for the dramatic cantata Jandamarra: Sing for the Country that premiered at the Sydney Opera House in 2014 and was reprised in 2019.
Green Ringer is his first memoir.
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