
THE NAMES WE CARRY
History should not be forgotten By Luke PikeLength7h 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
2Copyright © 2025 Luke Pike
3Acknowledgments
4About the Author
5Chapter One, The Clashing of Worlds
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6Chapter Two, The Voyage That Changed a Continent
7Chapter Three, The Journey to the Unknown
8Chapter Four, The New Beginning – A Land of Convicts
9Chapter Five, Venturing North – The Push into Untamed Frontiers
10Chapter Six, Crossing the Continent – Burke’s Northern Quest
11Chapter Seven, Forging the Frontier
12Chapter Eight, Building Burketown
13Chapter Nine, The Arrival of the Steamer Victoria
14Chapter Ten, The Land Remembers
15Chapter Eleven, The Day the Silence Broke
16Chapter Twelve, Elder’s Prayer to the Old Spirits
17Chapter Thirteen, Rosie’s Story
18Chapter Fourteen, Crossing the Frontier
19Chapter Fifteen, The World Through Rosie
20Chapter Sixteen, Revenge
21Chapter Seventeen, Night, Shadows and Spears
22Chapter Eighteen, Rumours Ride the Wind
23Chapter Nineteen, When the Walls Closed In
24Chapter Twenty, Journey Through a Changing Land
25Chapter Twenty-one New Life in the Shadow of Fences
26Chapter Twenty-two, Dawn After Shadows
27Chapter Twenty-three, Threads of Culture, Threads of Hope
28Chapter Twenty-four, Quiet Strength
29Chapter Twenty-six, Anna Weber’s New Horizon
30Chapter Twenty-seven, A German Faith on Distant Soil
31Chapter Twenty-eight, The Female Stockman
32Chapter Twenty-nine, A Quiet Night Between Stations
33Chapter Thirty, Just like that she was gone
34Chapter Thirty-one, Grief and Adaptation
35Chapter Thirty-two, The Unwritten Law of Kin and Work
36Chapter Thirty-three, The Protection Act
37Chapter Thirty-four
38military under the Muhammad Ali rulers, European powers
39Chapter Thirty-six, Hommet Hoosan – Born to the Desert Roads
40Chapter Thirty-seven, The Man Who Rode the Dust Before
41Chapter Thirty-eight, First Footsteps in a Strange Land
42Chapter Thirty-nine, Lines of Dust and Sand
43Chapter Forty, An Outcast Under Open Skies
44Chapter Forty-one, The Weight of Horses
45Chapter Forty-two, The Law in Burketown
46Chapter Forty-three, Between the Seasons
47Chapter Forty-four, Life on the Edge – Burketown and Its Community
48Chapter Forty-five, Two Wanderers at the Edge of the Earth
49Chapter Forty-six, The Camps at Woods Lake
50Chapter Forty-seven, A Love That Grows Beneath the Law