Trauma Trails - Recreating Song Lines by Judy Atkinson

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The Transgenerational Effects of Trauma in Indigenous Australia Book by Judy Atkinson

Providing a startling answer to the questions of how to solve the problems of generational trauma, Trauma Trails moves beyond the rhetoric of victimhood, and provides inspiration for anyone concerned about Indigenous and Non-Indigenous communities today.

Beginning with issues of colonial dispossession, Judy Atkinson also sensitively deals with trauma caused by abuse, alcoholism, and drug dependency. Sharing their stories, contributors also demonstrate the Aboriginal gift to the nation – Dadirri: listening to one another, and the way in which it provides a way forward.

By inviting Non-Indigenous people to sit with them in the circle, sharing stories, listening to and learning from each other, song lines emerge of a courageous journey, pointing us in the direction of change and healing.

Judy Atkinson is of Jiman and Bundjalung descent as well as having Celtic-German heritage, and is an Emeritus Professor at Southern Cross University, where she was Head of Gnibi College. She has worked within areas of Aboriginal community health and welfare for many years.

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Reviewed by Romaine R.

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Brilliant scholarship, and so important for reading in 2023

I was overwhelmed by the extensive research Judy Atkinson put into this book. It is no wonder that it has been reprinted NINE times since its original publication date in 2002.

I am finding it invaluable as I prepare for the two conversations I have agreed to host on behalf of #Together,Yes in the lead up to the 2023 Referendum on the enshrinement of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in Australia’s constitution.

Thank you Professor Judy Atkinson, and thank you Spinifex Press.

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Exceptionally significant must read for every Australian

Wonderful understanding of indigenous cultural processes and their healing processes, especially for the most horrific and wide spread abuse of colonialism and its ongoing offenses of abuse even to the current day.

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