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Country of the Heart
An Australian Indigenous Homeland
2002
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An introduction to the connections between Aboriginal people and the land that has sustained and nurtured them for generations, this thorough photographic chronicle explores the lives of the MakMak clan women. Delving into the heart of Australia—its people, animals, plants, ancestors, and seasons—this account reveals the intimate relationships between this beautiful country’s land and inhabitants. Told through the voices of indigenous academic Linda Ford and her family—the traditional custodians of Wagait country—this story conveys the challenges the MakMak continue to face in order to maintain the health of ‘country’ as it provides insights into contemporary indigenous culture.
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Linda Ford
Linda Ford
Author · 102 books

Linda Ford grew up devouring books and making up stories in her head—often late at night when she couldn't sleep. But she hadn't planned to write. Instead, she dreamed of running an orphanage. In a way, that dream came true. She married, had four homemade children, adopted ten and lived (at times, endured) the dream. Writing first took her to non-fiction human-interest articles for newspapers and eventually a non-fiction book about tuberculosis set in the 1930s and 1940s (Touched By The White Plague). But romance had always been her first love and she turned to writing love stories. She is multi-published in the CBA market. She lives on a small ranch in Alberta, Canada, where she can see the mountains every day. She and her husband continue to enjoy their children and grandchildren.

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