The Songlines

Why read it

• You will understand how a people can map a land in song, naming every rock, plant and waterhole along a path
• You will question where the urge to wander comes from and why monastic rules tried to quell it
• You will stop seeing Aboriginal Australians as a vanishing people, given their intellectual vigour, memory and will to survive

Who it is for

• A traveler who reads to prepare for a long journey
• Someone drawn to Australia beyond the postcard Outback
• A reader curious how people name and remember land

Contents

1. IN THE BEGINNING . . .
2. FROM THE NOTEBOOKS

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