Clare Wright

From an acclaimed historian who wrote a major feature on women's history in Australia for The Guardian, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka is now available in paperback. The Eureka Stockade — the story of how gold miners rebelled against British authority, beginning a process that would ultimately lead to democracy in Australia — is one of Australia's foundation legends. However,...

Naku Dharuk: The Bark Petitions is hailed as 'A masterpiece.' — Thomas Mayo In 1963—a year marked by civil rights agitation worldwide—the Yolŋu of northeast Arnhem Land created the Yirrkala Bark Petitions: Naku Dharuk. ‘The land grew a tongue’ and the land-rights movement was born. Naku Dharuk is the story of a founding document in Australian democracy and the trailblazers...

A groundbreaking work of storytelling and scholarship from Dr Clare Wright, winner of the Stella Prize for The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka. For the ten years from 1902, when Australia's suffrage campaigners won the vote for white women, the world looked to this trailblazing young democracy for inspiration. Clare Wright's epic new history tells the story of that victory—and of...

For the ten years from 1902, when Australia’s suffrage campaigners won the vote for white women, the world looked to this trailblazing young democracy for inspiration. Clare Wright’s epic new history tells the story of that victory—and of Australia’s role in the subsequent international struggle—through the eyes of five remarkable players: the redoubtable Vida Goldstein, the flamboyant Nellie Martel, indomitable...