Reviews:

Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin is a scholarly and wide-reaching record of Ngarrindjeri life and society which importantly also implies the limitations of its shared cross-cultural knowledge. Incorporating archival and oral histories it celebrates a rich Indigenous heritage and continuities between past, present and future. Its collaborative nature, the way in which its author draws on and acknowledges sources, and its ground-breaking articulation of processes cultural maintenance being charted here make this publication a significant one in combating historical silences and contributing to reconciliation processes. The demanding business of cultural maintenance is of crucial concern to the Ngarrindjeri who have suffered so greatly through dispossession and dispersal since invasion. This text is a testimony to the community's complexity, dignity and survival.