It concerns Jo Breen, a Bundjalung woman, who buys some of her country and the conflicts that arises.

Mullumbimby won the Fiction category of the Queensland Literary Awards in 2013.

Following her divorce, Jo Breen mows the lawns at a cemetery for white settlers in the small town of Mullumbimby, inland from the north coast of New South Wales.

Breen is a Goorie, an Indigenous woman from the local area, and her relationship to the land she owns is deep-felt and defining.

Jo becomes embroiled in a local Native Title dispute between two rival Aboriginal families, which leads her to profound discoveries about culture, and her and her daughter’s place in it.