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A series of interviews with Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory.
Notes
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'This book is composed of interviews with Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory recorded in 1976-1977. The recordings were commissioned by the Northern Territory Department of Education and were intended to be used as a school text. The Department, however declined to make use of the material, which remained unheard and unread for more then a decade. In 1989 the Institute for Aboriginal Development, Alice Springs suggested that the recordings be published, partly for use as course material for adult education courses, and partly for a wider Australian audience...By 1990 very many of the older speakers in this book had died and most of their stories with them. Therefore we decided to leave the manuscript much as it had been prepared for publication in 1978, as the voice of a generation which has passed, or is now passing away.' (Peter and Jay Read, Preface, pvi)
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...The autobiographical accounts are often in the form of interviews; the interviewer is not named.
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Author aka Milingimbi
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Alice Springs,
Southern Northern Territory,
Northern Territory,:IAD Press
, 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- A First Encounter, single work oral history (p. 3-4)
- The Work of a Black Tracker, single work oral history (p. 4-5)
- A Black Policeman in Action, single work oral history (p. 5-7)
- A First Encounter with Gunfire, single work oral history (p. 7-8)
- Keeping Watch, single work oral history (p. 8-9)
- The Death of a Police Tracker, single work oral history (p. 9-10)
- A Hill-top Ambush, single work oral history (p. 10-12)
- A Massacre at Hodgson Downs, single work oral history (p. 12-16)
- Revenge at Elcho Island, single work oral history (p. 16-18)
- A Massacre at Mirki, single work oral history (p. 19-24)
- A Baby's Life Saved at the Elsey, single work oral history (p. 24-25)
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An Execution in the Roper Valley,
single work
oral history
A murder of a Chinese near Crescent Lagoon on Elsey Station led to the execution of the man found guilty of his murder. Gertie Huddleston Kurrakain comments on two newspaper articles (from the Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 28 December 1894 and 25 January 1895) which are quoted here.
- Attack and Counter Attack at Bowgan Station, single work oral history (p. 26-28)
- The Death of Brigalow Bill, single work oral history (p. 29-31)
- The Death of Fred Brooks, single work oral history (p. 35-37)
- The Discovery of Brook's Body and the Formation of the First Police Party, single work oral history (p. 37-39)
- Murder at Mission Creek, single work oral history (p. 39-40)
- A Second White Man Attacked : The Assault on Nugget Morton, single work oral history (p. 40-44)
- The Massacre at Tipinpa, single work oral history (p. 44-46)
- The Police Party Shifts to the Hanson River, single work oral history (p. 46-47)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Coniston Massacre
1978
single work
column
— Appears in: Central Australian Land Rights News , June no. 10 1978; (p. 12-15)
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The Coniston Massacre
1978
single work
column
— Appears in: Central Australian Land Rights News , June no. 10 1978; (p. 12-15)
Last amended 12 Oct 2016 14:15:42
Common subjects:
- Aboriginal Australians
- Northern Territory
- Central Northern Territory
- Aboriginal massacres, murders, poisonings
- Army
- World War II
- War experiences
- Galiwinku
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers
- Milingimbi
- Aboriginal law
- Aboriginal trackers
- Discrimination
- Roper River area
- Japanese armed forces
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