
Oral history - text and cassettes; early contact in central and northern Australia; violent conflict - abduction of children, shootings, trackers, Hodgson Downs massacre; Victoria River Downs; Coniston massacre; attack on missionaries, Milingimbi; Macassans and trepanging; station, bush and mission life - Emerald River Mission, Wave Hill, Murray Downs, Robinson River, Phillip Creek Mission, Roper River Mission, Maranboy - tin mining; stock work - Murranji track; World War II - army work, raids on Darwin and Milingimbi; life under the1953 Welfare Ordinance - marriage restrictions; traditional law; land rights - Jilkminggan; race relations; government policy.
Page Count:
151
Publication Date:
1992-04-01
ISBN-10:
0949659592
ISBN-13:
9780949659590
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