We Come with This Place
2022 memoir by Debra Dank
We Come with This Place is a 2022 memoir by Aboriginal author and academic Debra Dank. The book pays tribute to Dank's family and Gudanji Country, and criticises Australia's history of ingrained racism against its First Nations people. The book won multiple awards, including the 2023 ALS Gold Medal and a record-breaking four awards at the 2023 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.
Summary
We Come With This Place is composed of multiple non-linear and interweaved stories. Dank discusses the story of her father, known as "Soda", who was falsely accused of stealing cattle and was chased out of the Northern Territory as a result, as well as the story of the sexual violence inflicted on her paternal grandmother. The book also discusses Australia's frontier wars and First Nations Dreaming stories.
Publication history
Dank wrote We Come with This Place as part of her PhD in narrative theory and semiotics at Deakin University. The book was published by Echo Publishing in July 2022. Dank has expressed hope that the book will draw attention to the threat that fracking poses to her people's country in the Beetaloo Basin.
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The book was positively received by reviewers.
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