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'This is the compelling story of how the skull of an Aboriginal man, found on the banks of the Murray River over 40 years ago, came to be returned to his Wamba Wamba descendants. It is a story of awakening, atonement, forgiveness and friendship. "It is as if a whole window into Indigenous culture has blown open, not just the window, but every door in the house," says John Danalis.

'Part history, part detective story, part cultural discovery and emotional journey, this is a book for young and old, showing the transformative and healing power of true reconciliation.' (From the publisher's website.)

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  • Dedication: To my mother and father, who said 'Yes' To Bianca and Ebony, our future.
  • Includes 'Welcome to Country' by Wyrker Milloo Gary Murray, Wamba Wamba Nation, Murray River. Dated April 2009.
  • Foreword by Boori Monty Pryor, co-author of Maybe Tomorrow. Melbourne. Dated March 2009

    Includes Afterword by Fiona Doyle Oochunyung, Cairns. Dated April 2009.

  • Epigraph: The door that shuts you out is the same door that let you in. (Old Indian Saying)

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    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2009 .
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      Extent: 262p.
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      • Publication date 01 April 2010
      ISBN: 9781741753776 (pbk)
Alternative title: L'appel du cacatoès noir
Language: French

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Works about this Work

John Danalis Jane Scott , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , no. 915 2013; (p. 5)
Riding the Black Cockatoo Robert Beattie , 2013 single work biography
— Appears in: Reconciliation News , December no. 28 2013; (p. 12-15)
Reading and Viewing : Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islanders Texts for Years 9 and 10 Deborah McPherson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 2 2011; (p. 92-93)

— Review of Bran Nue Dae Reg Cribb , Rachel Perkins , Jimmy Chi , 2009 single work film/TV ; Deadly, Unna? Phillip Gwynne , 1998 single work novel ; Riding the Black Cockatoo John Danalis , 2009 single work autobiography
[Review] Riding the Black Cockatoo Paul W. Newbury , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Polestar , no. 21 2011; (p. 58-59)

— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo John Danalis , 2009 single work autobiography
Journey a Lesson Globally 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Westside News , 17 March 2010; (p. 1)
Confessions of a Fearful Whitefella Angie Schiavone , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 June 2009; (p. 35)

— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo John Danalis , 2009 single work autobiography ; Maralinga : The Anangu Story Yalata and Oak Valley Communities , 2009 single work prose
[Review] Riding the Black Cockatoo Katharine England , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 June 2009; (p. 27)

— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo John Danalis , 2009 single work autobiography
Confessions of a Reconstructed Whitefella Lorien Kaye , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 July 2009; (p. 27)

— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo John Danalis , 2009 single work autobiography
Skull is Hard to Shift Jane Barry , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 - 19 July 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo John Danalis , 2009 single work autobiography
Startling Sides of the Indigenous Coin Marisa Pintado , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 August 2009; (p. 18)

— Review of Riding the Black Cockatoo John Danalis , 2009 single work autobiography ; Brown Skin Blue Belinda Jeffrey , 2009 single work novel
Riding the Black Cockatoo Mike Shuttleworth (interviewer), 2009 single work interview
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , May no. 1 2009; (p. 12-13)
Skull Makes a Moving Story Margaret Wenham , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 -11 October 2009; (p. 26)
Journey a Lesson Globally 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Westside News , 17 March 2010; (p. 1)
John Danalis Jane Scott , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , no. 915 2013; (p. 5)
Riding the Black Cockatoo Robert Beattie , 2013 single work biography
— Appears in: Reconciliation News , December no. 28 2013; (p. 12-15)
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