Walg: A Novel of Australia

Nuclear Cycle

by B. Wongar

Tells the story of Djumala, a young tribal woman, who is caught up in the plans of the whites to develop and control all of Australia

213 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

B.Wongar (born in 1932 as Sreten Božić) is an Australian author who writes chiefly on the fate of tribal people in Australia, the wildlife and the environment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Wongar

Reviews

[Rhonda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book I read by B Wongar. I found it in a secondhand bookshop in Curtin Canberra, and bought it as part of an ongoing commitment to reading indigenous Australian writing, poetry and fiction because that is where a particular type of truth can be found that cannot be found in non-fiction. It is poetic and beautiful and opened hidden locked doors in my nonindigenous Australian mind. I am not sure about the author and that is my only doubt but even taking that into account this book took me somewhere new that I needed to be.

[Arsenovic Nikola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Izuetno dobro opisana golgota aboridzinskog naroda kroz oci jedne devojke koja bezi nazad u svoje pleme iz zarobljenistva. Inace roman napisao srbin kome su aboridzini spasili zivot

[Krista the Krazy Kataloguer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never read the sequel. I should look that up...