A terrific new book is Mullawullah: The Last King Billy of Ballarat by Janice Newton. It is the first book produced by Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc. so please ask your library to purchase a copy, and consider one for your own bookshelf.
Janice Newton has been researching the topic of King Billy of Ballarat for over a decade. Mullawallah: the Last King Billy of Ballarat is a 56 page book written for a general audience and contains information on cultural, historical and policy contexts for the lives of Mullawallah and some other King Billies of Ballarat. It was published with assistance from a City of Ballarat Community Impact Grant. It is
The book was launched by Dr. Barry Judd, a descendant of South Australian Pitjantjatjara people and British migrants to gold rush Ballarat. A former University of Ballarat student of Dr Newton’s, Dr. Judd is now Professor of Indigenous Studies at RMIT.
The name ‘Mullawallah’ is currently a focus of considerable controversy as, in the first place naming process, it was soundly rejected by up to 200 residents as the new suburb name for the area between Delacombe and Smythes Creek. Dr Newton hopes that insight into Mullawallah’s life and Indigenous history of this area may help future naming projects.
Copies of Mullawallah: the Last King Billy of Ballarat can be purchased from VIPs for $15. Postage will be charged if sent by mail. Forward queries and/or orders to ballaratstar@gmail.com
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