Yumba Days

Herb Wharton has succeeded in telling of his early life in a way that combines the wonder of childhood with the special essence of growing up as a young aboriginal child living on the “Yumba” outskirts of an Australian town. The reader is given a simple yet strong understanding of how the European invasion changed forever the landscape and way of life of the Aboriginal people. Young readers will enjoy reading about the adventures which made up Herb’s boyhood and the early years of his working life and will be richer in an empathetic understanding of what it means to be a young Aboriginal person growing up in a European dominated community. For readers aged 10+ and very useful book for Aboriginal Studies with both younger and older students.