Never stand still : stories of land, life and politics in the Kimberley
Watson, John Darraga2012
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This book is a memoir of life on the land in the Kimberley. It is a book written to inform urban Australia of Kimberley Aboriginal culture and aspirations, and it is an important record of what Watson and his contemporaries endured and achieved
Main title:
Never stand still : stories of land, life and politics in the Kimberley / by John Darraga Watson, edited by Malcolm Allbrook, photography by Liz Thompson
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Imprint:
Derby Jarlmadangah Burru Aboriginal Corporation 2012
Collation:
262 pages colour illustrations map
Contents:
Woonyoomboo: Singing up the river -- Dreams, songs and dances -- Massacre at Nyinyi -- The words of my old people -- Growing us up -- Mt Anderson, the place I was born -- Taken by our own people -- Trained to work on the station -- Their own bosses: Nerrima and Jubilee -- An up and down story: Winning back our rights -- Mount Anderson: Working our own station -- On country, Jarlmadangah -- Yiriman: Growing our Nyikina Mangala culture -- Big changes, but our world is the same
ISBN:
9780646585796 (paperback)
Dewey class:
994.14 NEV
Local class:
994.14
Language:
English
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BRN:
1852
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