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First known date:
2001...
no.
22
2001
of
Studies in Western Australian History
est. 1977
Studies in Western Australian History
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This periodical issue is in four titled sections: Different Ways of Knowing, Three Discourses on Rottnest, The Stolen Generations Collection, Book Reviews.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Nedlands,
Inner Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:University of Western Australia. Dept. of History, Centre for Western Australian History
, 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Colonisationi"Yes", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Towards an Aboriginal Labour History, single work criticism (p. 3-22)
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Clancy and Dooley and Don McLeodi"Clancy and Dooley and Don McLeod",
single work
poetry
(p. 23)On May Day 1946, in the Pilbarra district, Western Australia, Aboriginal station hands struck for 30 bob a week and the right to organise. Their leaders, the white man Don Mcleod and two Aborigines, Clancy McKenna and Dooley, were arrested and convicted. Pressure through the Labour movement and the United Nations secured their release.
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On the Freedom Track to Narawunda : The Pilbara Aboriginal Pastoral Workers Strike, 1946-1998,
single work
non-fiction
(p. 23-40)This paper will explore the Aboriginal Pastoral Workers strike which commenced in 1946, and, according to some of the strikers, continues to this day.
- We Were Proper Horsemen, Us : Aboriginal Women Workers of the Outback, single work non-fiction (p. 41-51)
- For Marbles : Aboriginal People in the Early Pearling Industry of the North West, single work non-fiction (p. 53-61)
- Just an Ordinary Thing : Tony Ozies' Application for an Aboriginal Citizenship Certificate, single work life story (p. 63-67)
- The Myth of Equality : The Denial of Citizenship Rights for Aboriginal People in Western Australia, single work non-fiction (p. 69-82)
- What is East Perth's Heritage?, single work non-fiction (p. 83-89)
- John Pati"Write of life", single work poetry (p. 106)
- Wadjemupi"Snatched from the heartland", single work poetry (p. 108)
- Holocaust Islandi"Nestled in the Indian Ocean", single work poetry (p. 115)
- Black Life : Poems, selected work poetry (p. 115)
- Dirty Lineni"Daisy's crying", single work poetry (p. 121-122)
- Mother and Child, selected work poetry (p. 121-123)
- Black Childi"Yes,", single work poetry (p. 122)
- Three Mothersi"My first mother", single work poetry (p. 122-123)
- Life in Sister Kate's Home, single work non-fiction life story (p. 126-134)
- My Only Question : Why?, single work life story (p. 135-137)
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The Stolen Generations : John Herron and the Politics of Denial,
single work
criticism
(p. 141-167)In 1997, when the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) published its report on the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, the Prime Ministers response was to order an inversitgation of the report. John Herron, the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs, conducted the investigation.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Common subjects:
- Aboriginal assimilation (Government policy)
- Aboriginal-White relations
- Stolen Generations (Australia)
- Colonisation of Australia
- Aboriginal women
- Civil & human rights
- Aboriginal dispossession
- Aboriginal culture
- Aboriginal deaths in custody
- Aboriginal reserves & missions
- Pastoral industry workers
- Isolation (Emotional & social)
- Australian history
- Aboriginal Australians
- Citizenship
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