dirrayawadha (Rise up)

Dirrayawadha

Book Review: Dirrayawadha is Anita Heiss’s latest thought-provoking historical novel

Prolific Australian author, Anita Heiss, published her ninth novel in August, following the success of her 2021 historical fiction book, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams). Her latest book, Dirrayawadha (Rise Up) once again looks at Australian history from the perspective of First Nations characters, this time examining the Frontier Wars in Bathurst of the 1820s…

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