The Long Story. A Personal Journey Through Inter-Racial Relations In Australia

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Boolarong Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2023
Edition: First Edition

Description: 491 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Signed by Author

Publishers Description: Wayne Long is a proud Murri man, born in St George on the Balonne River, but he is also a child of the Middle Kingdom “ his grandfather, Old Billy Long, was part of the Chinese diaspora. Waynes story is interwoven with the historical, political and social events that have impacted on inter-racial relations in Australia for more than two hundred years, from Cooks landing to Mabo, from the Frontier Wars to the 1987 Goondiwindi riots, from the White Australia Policy to Paul Keatings Redfern speech. It is a Long story “ long in history and blood, and long in personal tragedy and resilience “ that gives a voice to that compelling presence that has always been here but rarely heard. Wayne Longs journey, like that of so many Australians with First Nations and Chinese roots, is one of humour, wonder, sadness, resilience. A triumph of magic and endurance. Wayne is as strong on his long links back to the Middle Kingdom as he is on his Kamilaroi roots. Irrespective of the name of his ancestral village, he knows where he belongs. And just like every home “ it doesnt really matter where youre from, its how you commit to where youre at that truly counts.

ISBN: 9781922643636