THE NAMES WE CARRY
History should not be forgotten By Luke Pike
Length7h 42m
About this audiobook
The Names We Carry is a remarkable new work that delves into the intersection of memory, land, and resilience, exploring how ancient traditions and law have persisted through centuries of upheaval. The book paints a vivid portrait of a world where every creek, ridge, and mangrove carries meaning, and where generations of Aboriginal peoples navigated the rhythms of the land with knowledge passed down through songlines, ceremony, and stories.
Against this backdrop, the narrative traces the far-reaching consequences of European exploration and colonization, revealing how distant decrees and violent incursions reshaped lives, disrupted traditions, and tested the endurance of communities. Yet, within these pressures, the book also celebrates the quiet power of resistance, the determination to preserve identity, and the unbroken thread of cultural memory that connects past, present, and future.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length7 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE NAMES WE CARRY
54Chapter Fifty-one, Across the Flats (Hoosan Camp)
2Copyright © 2025 Luke Pike
55Chapter Fifty-two, The Akehurst Legacy
3Acknowledgments
56Chapter Fifty-three, The Night the Sky Broke – Cyclone at Bayley Point
4About the Author
57Chapter Fifty-four, Between the Camp and the Cross
5Chapter One, The Clashing of Worlds
58Chapter Fifty-five, Topsy’s Story
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6Chapter Two, The Voyage That Changed a Continent
59Chapter Fifty-six, Daughters of the Fire
7Chapter Three, The Journey to the Unknown
60Chapter Fifty-seven, A Farewell in Spirit
8Chapter Four, The New Beginning – A Land of Convicts
61Chapter Fifty-eight, The Last Smoke at Hoosan Camp
9Chapter Five, Venturing North – The Push into Untamed Frontiers
62Chapter Fifty-nine, Government Regime
10Chapter Six, Crossing the Continent – Burke’s Northern Quest
63Chapter Sixty, The Tree That Waited
11Chapter Seven, Forging the Frontier
64Chapter Sixty-one, Scattered Roots
12Chapter Eight, Building Burketown
65Chapter Sixty-two, Settling Lands and Labor
13Chapter Nine, The Arrival of the Steamer Victoria
66Chapter Sixty-three, Bound by Blood and Law
14Chapter Ten, The Land Remembers
67Chapter Sixty-four, The Year Away
15Chapter Eleven, The Day the Silence Broke
68Chapter Sixty-five, When the Road Gave Way
16Chapter Twelve, Elder’s Prayer to the Old Spirits
69Chapter Sixty-six, The River’s Silent Claim
17Chapter Thirteen, Rosie’s Story
70Chapter Sixty-seven, Downstream
18Chapter Fourteen, Crossing the Frontier
71Chapter Sixty-eight, When Dad Was in the Horrors
19Chapter Fifteen, The World Through Rosie
72Chapter Sixty-nine, Turning the Tracks
20Chapter Sixteen, Revenge
73Chapter Seventy, Roads from Home
21Chapter Seventeen, Night, Shadows and Spears
74Chapter Seventy-one, Calling Them Home
22Chapter Eighteen, Rumours Ride the Wind
75Chapter Seventy-two, Homecoming at the River Bend
23Chapter Nineteen, When the Walls Closed In
76Chapter Seventy-three, Iron in Her Blood
24Chapter Twenty, Journey Through a Changing Land
77Chapter Seventy-four, Life on the Lease
25Chapter Twenty-one New Life in the Shadow of Fences
78Chapter Seventy-five, After Tom
26Chapter Twenty-two, Dawn After Shadows
79Chapter Seventy-six, The Road to Alice
27Chapter Twenty-three, Threads of Culture, Threads of Hope
80Chapter Seventy-seven, Down the Line at Pandanus Creek Mine
28Chapter Twenty-four, Quiet Strength
81Chapter Seventy-eight, Edd and Joyce at Alice’s Camp
29Chapter Twenty-six, Anna Weber’s New Horizon
82Chapter Seventy-nine, But the Creek Was Dry
30Chapter Twenty-seven, A German Faith on Distant Soil
83Chapter Eighty, The Aftermath of Justice
31Chapter Twenty-eight, The Female Stockman
84Chapter Eighty-one, The Road to Doomadgee
32Chapter Twenty-nine, A Quiet Night Between Stations
85Chapter Eighty-two, The Long Road North
33Chapter Thirty, Just like that she was gone
86Chapter Eighty-three, The Road to Camooweal
34Chapter Thirty-one, Grief and Adaptation
87Chapter Eighty-four, A Frontier of Opportunity
35Chapter Thirty-two, The Unwritten Law of Kin and Work
88Chapter Eighty-five, Found Beneath the Bloodwood
36Chapter Thirty-three, The Protection Act
89Chapter Eighty-six, Left Behind
37Chapter Thirty-four
90Chapter Eighty-seven, Thomas by the Firelight
38military under the Muhammad Ali rulers, European powers
91Chapter Eighty-eight, Flames, Fat, and Long Days
39Chapter Thirty-six, Hommet Hoosan – Born to the Desert Roads
92Chapter Eighty-nine, A Night at the Pub and the Burden Ahead
40Chapter Thirty-seven, The Man Who Rode the Dust Before
93Chapter Ninety, New Horizons, Old Burdens
41Chapter Thirty-eight, First Footsteps in a Strange Land
94Chapter Ninety-one, Bob the Rambunctious
42Chapter Thirty-nine, Lines of Dust and Sand
95Chapter Ninety-two, The Great Fencing Venture
43Chapter Forty, An Outcast Under Open Skies
96Chapter Ninety-three, Life in Camooweal
44Chapter Forty-one, The Weight of Horses
97Chapter Ninety-four, Family and the Local Pub
45Chapter Forty-two, The Law in Burketown
98Chapter Ninety-five, Shadows at the Pub
46Chapter Forty-three, Between the Seasons
99Chapter Ninety-six, A Different Kind of Battle
47Chapter Forty-four, Life on the Edge – Burketown and Its Community
100Chapter Ninety-seven, A New Beginning
48Chapter Forty-five, Two Wanderers at the Edge of the Earth
101Chapter Ninety-eight, Mount Isa – The Heart of the Outback
49Chapter Forty-six, The Camps at Woods Lake
102Chapter Ninety-nine, Growing Family and New Horizons
50Chapter Forty-seven, A Love That Grows Beneath the Law
103Chapter One hundred, Changing Tides
51Chapter Forty-eight, Love on the Fringe
104Chapter One hundred-one, Path to Empowerment in the Gulf Region
52Chapter Forty-nine, The Seed in the Soil
105Chapter One hundred-two, Full Circle
53Chapter Fifty, Under the Eyes of Authority
106Threads Across Time
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