Singing the Coast female illustrator Merv Maynard

Merv Maynard

Fernando is believed to be the first Aboriginal person to protest conditions in Australia from the streets of Europe

Chapter 13: In the Thick of Things

Growing up in the white world of chores and aprons

and extensive use of illustrations

Singing the Coast female illustrator Merv MaynardSinging the coast offers readers a rare opportunity to visit the heart of Gumbaynggirr culture and trace the shaping of place and identity in coastal Australia. The story began under the coral trees at the Old Camp where Tony Perkins first sat with his grandfather and listened to his stories. His grandfather was an initiated man who brought the spirit creatures along to teach the knowledge that was once passed on in initiation. By recording their