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
Author:
Imprint:
Derby Jarlmadangah Burru Aboriginal Corporation 2012
Collation:
262 pages colour illustrations map
Contents:
Woonyoomboo: Singing up the riverDreams, songs and dancesMassacre at NyinyiThe words of my old peopleGrowing us upMt Anderson, the place I was bornTaken by our own peopleTrained to work on the stationTheir own bosses: Nerrima and JubileeAn up and down story: Winning back our rightsMount Anderson: Working our own stationOn country, JarlmadangahYiriman: Growing our Nyikina Mangala cultureBig changes, but our world is the same
ISBN:
9780646585796 (paperback)
Dewey class:
994.14 NEV
Local class:
994.14
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1852
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 994.14 NEV | Available |