'Loving Country is a powerful and essential guidebook that offers a new way to travel and discover Australia through an Indigenous narrative. In this beautifully designed and photographed edition, co-authors Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou, in consultation with communities and Elders across Australia, show travellers how to see the country as herself, to know her whole and old story, and to find the way to fall in love with her, our home.
'Featuring 18 places in detail, from the ingenious fish traps at Brewarrina and the rivers that feed the Great Barrier Reef, to the love stories of Wiluna and the whale story of Margaret River, there is so much to celebrate. This immersive book covers history, Dreaming stories, traditional cultural practices, Indigenous tours and the importance of recognition and protection of place. It offers keys to unlock the heart of this loving country for those who want to enrich their understanding of our continent, and for travellers looking for more than a whistle-stop tour of Australia.
'In Loving Country, Bruce and Vicky hope that all communities will be heard when they tell their stories, and that these stories and the country from which they have grown will be honoured. Readers are encouraged to discover sacred Australia by reconsidering the accepted history, and hearing diverse stories of her Indigenous peoples. It is a roadmap to communication and understanding, between all peoples and country, to encourage environmental and social change.' (Publication summary)
Loving Country
Loving Country : A Film Based on the Book by Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou
Dyllan Corbett
(director),
Melbourne
:
Hardie Grant Books
,
2020
27925135
2020
single work
film/TV
'A frank, beautiful short film based on the book LOVING COUNTRY by Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou, published by Hardie Grant Travel in December 2020.
'This is the story of a place, told through the stories, culture and philosophy of its first people. Bruce Pascoe is a Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian man as well as the co-author of LOVING COUNTRY. We shot this film on Yuin Country in Far East Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. Bruce is a custodian of Yuin Country, which at the time of filming was healing from bushfires that began in December 2019 and ended in February 2020. He invites you to share the beauty and the knowledge from the land which was passed on by Yuin Elders. This film and book invites us to truly engage with Aboriginal Country and philosophy. It encourages us to look and listen closely for a fuller, rounder, more complex experience.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'Travelling through the Australian landscape is an often breathtaking experience raising many questions in the traveller’s mind — none of which can be answered by an online search engine when your internet connection fails.' (Introduction)
'Travelling through the Australian landscape is an often breathtaking experience raising many questions in the traveller’s mind — none of which can be answered by an online search engine when your internet connection fails.' (Introduction)
