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y separately published work icon Tradition, Truth and Tomorrow single work   biography  
Alternative title: Tradition, Truth & Tomorrow
Issue Details: First known date: 2008-2009... 2008-2009 Tradition, Truth and Tomorrow
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''I will continue my work on my land, building a future. It is the only thing that is certain to me now and I want to advance while I can. I am trying to light the fire in our young men and women. We are setting fires to our own lives as we really should, and the flame will burn and intensify – an immense smoke, cloud-like and black, will arise, which will send off a signal and remind people that we, the Gumatj people, are the people of the fire. There are people of the fire around Alice Springs – and I reach out to them, too. We can then burn united, together.'

'Tradition, Truth & Tomorrow is 'no mere essay. It is an existential prayer,' writes Noel Pearson. Galarrwuy Yunupingu tells of his clan and his early life. He recounts his dealings with prime ministers, and how he learnt that nothing is ever what it seems. And behind him, he writes, 'the Yolngu world is always under threat, being swallowed up by whitefellas. This is a weight that is bearing down on me; at night it is like a splinter in my mind.' ' (Publication summary)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Monthly no. 41 December-January 2008-2009 Z1548222 2008-2009 periodical issue 2008-2009 pg. 32-40
    • Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2015 .
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      • Published: 23/09/2015
      ISBN: 9781863957748 (pbk), 186395774X
      Series: y separately published work icon Short Blacks Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2015 8753321 2015 series - publisher Number in series: 12
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