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perspective of an Indigenous person, rather than from an explorer. This is very rare for any
textbook in this era, and therefore presents as a type of legitimate alternative reading of
history, where the ‘othered’ is given voice. It is not clearly articulated in the textbook how the
account came to be recorded, however the narrative of Jacky Jacky provides an interesting
and powerful insight into his perspective (see Source 6.18). This presents as a significant
departure from the usual silencing of Indigenous voices. Furthermore, in terms of quantity of
words provided to this recount by Jacky Jacky, it is significantly lengthier than most other
primary source recounts in the textbook.
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