num_pages: 256
description: A killing. A hidden history. A story that goes to the heart of the nation.When Mark McKenna set out to write a history of the centre of Australia he had no idea what he would discover. One event in 1934  the shooting at Uluru of Aboriginal man Yokununna by white policeman Bill McKinnon and subsequent Commonwealth inquiry  stood out as a mirror of racial politics in the Northern Territory at the time.But then through speaking with the families of both killer and victim McKenna unearthed new evidence that transformed the historical record and the meaning of the event for today. As he explains Every thread of the story connected to the present in surprising ways. In a sequence of powerful revelations McKenna explores what truth-telling and reconciliation look like in practice.Return to Uluru brings a cold case to life. It speaks directly to the Black Lives Matter movement but is completely Australian. Recalling Chloe Hoopers The Tall Man it is superbly written moving and full of astonishing unexpected twists. Ultimately it is a story of recognition and return which goes to the very heart of the country. At the centre of it all is Uluru the sacred site where paths fatefully converged.
language: English
title: Return to Uluru
publisher: Black Inc.