I have been a member of Dandenong Library for a number of years now and participate as a regular member of the Reading Circle on the first Wednesday of the month. I average between two and three book reviews a month covering a wide variety of genres. I can safely say that this book Lies Damned Lies that I have chosen has been an emotional roller coaster for me, covering such issues as colonisation, genocide, downright lies, and aspects of indigenous culture for which I plead ignorance.
Claire G. Coleman should be congratulated for her incisive and thoughtful yet provoking account of her experiences as a writer and member of the Noongar people. There have been massive cover ups by successive governments, writers and political commentators who should have known better. It opened my eyes to the legacy of the claims made by Captain James Cook and I hope that others who may read this book will be as equally outraged as I was.
Lies Damned Lies concerns the impact of colonisation by white settlers and their impact on the indigenous peoples. There is an urgent need to re-examine the Australia we thought we knew. It is a book that needs to be read time and time again. It is an account that comes from the author's own personal experience as she connects the reader with the political and personal into the maelstrom of Australia's violent past. The author concludes that colonisation is not over; it may be more subtle but it is still in progress and was not a single event. People have a right to know the truth. Learning the truth and telling the truth can start now.
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