Aboriginal viewpoints in the East Kimberley prior to 1982 /
as told to Bruce Shaw.
Canberra :
Aboriginal Studies Press,
1992.
vii, 364 pages :
illustrations ;
22 cm
Includes index.
Bibliography (pages 339-348).
Daisy Djanduin and Ruby Thoorrbiling: womens life -- Peter Ngunung: bush time -- John Toby: Gidja country -- Stan Brumby: The law -- Bill Laurie: station times -- Alfie Deakin: early settlement -- Don Green: christianity -- Edgar Birch: Second world war -- Stephen Edwards: floggings -- Alfie Gerrard: Forrest River, the 1940's -- Ernie Chapman: a lot of fun -- Martha Laurie: the children -- Michael Dinkum: the law today -- Colin James: Mirima council -- Ben Ward: change -- July Oakes: no one to talk to -- Sandy McDonald: citizenship.
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Reminiscences of eighteen Aboriginal men and women from the eastern Kimberley Region, W.A.; topics include; - life histories, ethnohistory, station life, marriage, inter -marriage, and intra and inter-racial relations; the law, mythology, magic (Buglug/Boxer), initiation, cults and the Christian religion; contact history, violent conflict , wages and work experience; perceptions of politics and aspirations; social identity, kinship and sub sections; Second World War; Forrest River Mission, Mirima Council and Kununurra; attitudes to photography; chronology of persons and glossary of terms.