Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance

The thrilling story of the great warrior, Jandamarra, who turned from police assistant to resistance fighter, leading his people against the white forces invading their land. With striking photographs of the Kimberley landscape.

The scene is the magnificent Kimberly, late 19th century and the last stage of Australia's invasion is about to be played out, in the lands of the Bunuba. A tiny outpost of colonial administration is planted on the desolate mudflaps of King Sound, at Derby. Leases are marked on a map covering huge areas. Vast herds of cattle and sheep spread out. Amidst the chaos and turmoil that ensues, extraordinary and sometimes contradictory relationships grow. An indomitable human spirit and the power of country reaches beyond the searing past for the triumph of a reconciled future.
Written by Howard Pederson and Banjo Woorunmurra. Paperback. 218 pages. 145x210mm. Published by Magabala Books.

"A grand story on a grand theme which includes the marvellous photographs: the black and white shots of the frontier protagonists, and the colour plates that do so much to transport the imagination into the majesty of the landscape, the power and the beauty of which is still read very differently by both cultures."
Barry Hill, Australian Book Review

"One of the best books yet written on the Australian frontier and Aboriginal resistance to invasion."
Professor Henry Reynolds

"Reading the story I felt led by the great Banjo Woorunmurra's hand."
Lydia George