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Undersong
Celebrating the stories of Tasmanian landscapes and environments, through the journeys of Indigenous and non-Indigenous women, Undersong is a Tasmanian journey into Country.
What is home? What does it mean to us? In this richly evocative journey around Tasmania, Burden attempts to tune into the subtle, underlying sounds of this island’s landscape, to understand the nature of this place, our identity within it, and our shared awareness of our common past.
What is home? What does it mean to us? In this richly evocative journey around Tasmania, Burden attempts to tune into the subtle, underlying sounds of this island’s landscape, to understand the nature of this place, our identity within it, and our shared awareness of our common past.
145 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2023
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May 24, 2026
I read this a couple of years ago, but I couldn't find a Goodreads listing for it back then. So this review may be a little vague.
Hilary Burden is a wonderful writer and all round creative person (Renaissance woman?). I snatched up this lovely little memoir which starts to unpack some of the complex feelings that Burden - as a Tasmanian of exclusively European descent - feels about her relationship to her island. It's a personal, thoughtful, gentle piece of nonfiction that asks more questions than it answers, but I think that's what she intended.
Hilary Burden is a wonderful writer and all round creative person (Renaissance woman?). I snatched up this lovely little memoir which starts to unpack some of the complex feelings that Burden - as a Tasmanian of exclusively European descent - feels about her relationship to her island. It's a personal, thoughtful, gentle piece of nonfiction that asks more questions than it answers, but I think that's what she intended.
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