A chronicle of young romance and wild adventure from a prime minister’s son, capturing a defining epoch in the Aboriginal land rights movement. As Bob Hawke began his ascent to prime minister, his son Steve was experiencing inspiring leadership in the remote North-West as Indigenous communities rose up against decades of oppression. From a shocking encounter in an outback pub to the firsthand account of a survivor of the frontier massacres, and from the groundbreaking Noonkanbah land rights battle to the birth of the Indigenous outstation movement, Steve Hawke was there to capture it all. His chronicle of young romance and wild adventure offers a rare glimpse into a moment when ancient traditions and modern aspirations collided-and one young man forged his own identity in the midst of great change.
