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Peter Coppin Peter Coppin i(A107142 works by) (a.k.a. Kangkushot)
Born: Established: 1 Feb 1920 Yarrie Station, Shay Gap, Pilbara area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 11 Sep 2006 Pilbara area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 6 Yandy Jolly Read , Peter Coppin , 2004 single work drama Yandy is the story of the heroic struggle of Aboriginal workers in the Pilbara and their pride, endurance and determination. It is the story of the first Aboriginal strike in Australia in 1946.
1 7 y separately published work icon Kangkushot : The Life of Nyamal Lawman Peter Coppin Jolly Read , Peter Coppin , Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press , 1999 Z1401804 1999 single work autobiography

'Kangkushot provides valuable insights into the rich and spiritual way Aboriginal people view their lives and land, and their place in it.'

'Born in Yarrie country in Western Australia’s Pilbara, he describes a life of danger, drama and hardship; his people forced to work on pastoral stations for meagre rations, their lives subject to the whims of white pastoralists, government agents and legislators. Coppin went on to be awarded a British Empire medal, was joint NAIDOC elder of the year – and won a police medal, as well as negotiating the first perpetual leases over Pilbara land and running a successful cattle station.' (Source: Publishers Website)
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