Goodbye Bussamarai Tony Albert From highlands to jungles

From highlands to jungles

often based on the creative’s lived experience

With imagination and insight

a virgin ghost of ancient Greece who killed expectant mothers and babies out of jealousy

explored via an accessible narrative and supported by an analysis of six relevant works

Goodbye Bussamarai Tony Albert From highlands to junglesBussamarai was a powerful resistance leader whose influence spread across five Aboriginal nations. Like the legendary Pemulwuy, Yagan or Jandamara, he fought for the survival of his people, the Mandandanji of southern Queensland. Their homeland bordered northern New South Wales and its infamous sites of Aboriginal massacre and frontier warfare: Myall Creek, Slaughterhouse Creek and Waterloo Creek. This history serves as a sequel to those atrocities,