TY  - BOOK
AU  - Banjo Clarke
AU  - Camilla Chance
TI  - Wisdom Man: as told to Camilla Chance. The compassionate life and beliefs of a remarkable Aboriginal Elder
SN  - 0670040789 (pbk.)
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Camberwell, Vic
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Banjo Clarke
KW  - Indigenous Relations
KW  - Baha'i Faith
KW  - Australia
KW  - Kirrae Whurrong
KW  - Gunditjmara Nation
N1  - Banjo Clarke was an elder of the Kirrae Whurrong, a people of the Gunditjmara nation, and was a direct descendant of Queen Truganini. He was born in 1922 near Warrnambool, and by the time he passed away in March 2000 he was known and loved by thousands for his wisdom and compassion. Wisdom Man covers Banjo’s life from his childhood on a mission, through the grim years of the Depression, his solo travels in search of work, the birth of his eleven children, and his embrace of the Baha’i faith, which he found very close to Aboriginal spirituality. His story is one of remarkable forbearance during terrible encounters with racism, cruelty and the loss of loved ones, and is made all the more extraordinary by his lack of bitterness and anger. Wisdom Man also distils the essence of Aboriginal culture: Banjo constantly points to those aspects which he sees as relevant to all humanity, particularly in terms of our relationship with the land. Banjo Clarke embodied the spirit of reconciliation in its most generous and forgiving form, espousing and living it long before it was given a name, long before it became fashionable. Includes a foreword by former prime minister Malcolm Fraser, who knew Banjo, and tributes by Archie Roach, Martin Flanagan, Judith Durham, among others – a sample of the wide range of people whose lives he touched. Countless people from all over the world came to Warrnambool to seek him out, and his door was always open to the homeless and the troubled
N2  - Biography of an aboriginal Australian Bahá'í and the story of the life and  customs of his people
ER  -