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‘A book that should be read by all Australians’: Clare Wright wins book of the year at the NSW Literary awards

The historian won $50,000 for her nonfiction book Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions, which judges praised as deeply researched, ‘highly original’ and ‘vividly alive’ A “highly original” nonfiction by Melbourne historian Clare Wright, charting the creation of the Yirrkala B

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‘A book that should be read by all Australians’: Clare Wright wins book of the year at the NSW Literary awardsThe historian won $50,000 for her nonfiction book Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions, which judges praised as deeply researched, ‘highly original’ and ‘vividly alive’ A “highly original” nonfiction by Melbourne historian Clare Wright, charting the creation of the Yirrkala B
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