My People's Song Tea "Deny King

"Deny King

Wombat Enamel Keyring

This work was submitted by the artist as part of Wild Island's biennial Threatened Species Project

The jewel-like pattern of spots on its body has given the Spotted Pardalote an alternative name

My People's Song Tea "Deny KingMy People's Song Joel Stephen Birnie Monash University Publishing Paperback Non Fiction Tarenootairer (c. 180658) was still a child when a band of white sealers bound her and forced her onto a boat. From there unfolded a life of immense cruelty inflicted by her colonial captors. As with so many Indigenous women of her time, even today the historical record of her life remains a scant thread embroidered with half truths and pro colonial propaganda. But