Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) by Anita Heiss

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) by Anita HeissGundagai, 1852The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in its wake. It is a stark reminder that while the river can give life, it can just as easily take it away. Wagadhaany is one of the lucky ones. She survives. But is her life now better than the fate she escaped? Forced to move away from her miyagan, she walks through each day with no trace of dance in her step, her broken heart forever calling her back

a dehydrated baby whose mother gambles away money for food

the possibilities of escape and imprisonment are left to chance with colonialism stacking the odds

Someone new will join the pack

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It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest

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But when they go to investigate

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