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y separately published work icon Smiler, Ronnie, June & Ricky single work   oral history  
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Smiler, Ronnie, June & Ricky
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'Smiler and Ronnie are brothers, and are also brothers to Nellie Camfoo, Dorothy Murray and Willy Martin whose stories are part of this series. They form a core family of the Bulman mob. June and Rickie Forbes, with her sisters and his brothers, are part of another major family at Bulman. All these stories were recorded between 1986 and 1991, and read by or to the authors'. (Source: Publisher's note)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Katherine, Batchelor - Katherine area, Top End, Northern Territory,:Barunga Press , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
I Was A Little Fella, Smiler Martin (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 1)
We Didn't Know Money, Smiler Martin (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 1-2)
We Still Had Ceremony, Gillian Cowlishaw (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 2-3)
That Yank Mob, Gillian Cowlishaw (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 3-4)
Jack McKay Time, Gillian Cowlishaw (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 4-5)
Mainoru Sold, Gillian Cowlishaw (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 5-6)
We Built That Station, Gillian Cowlishaw (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 6-7)
June Forbes, Gillian Cowlishaw (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 7-8)
Ricky Forbes, Gillian Cowlishaw (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 8-10)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Katherine, Batchelor - Katherine area, Top End, Northern Territory,: Barunga Press , 1995 .
      Extent: 11p.
      Note/s:
      • Bulman oral histories series ; 13.
      Series: y separately published work icon Bulman Oral Histories Series : Aboriginal Accounts of Interactions with the Domain of Whitefellas Aboriginal Accounts of Interactions with the Domain of Whitefellas Gillian Cowlishaw (editor), Barunga Press (publisher), Katherine : Barunga Press , 1995 Z1614295 1995 series - publisher oral history 'This series of autobiographies was recorded by the Bulman people at various times over the last twenty years and transcribed and edited by Gillian Cowlishaw. At the request of the authors they were translated in standard English. Bulman is on the border of Arnhem Land and Mainoru cattle station, which was the home and workplace of many Rembarrnga people until an American company acquired the lease in 1968. The subsequent events are told in these stories. The Gulin Gulin community at Bulman has connections with Ngukurr, Barunga and Maningrida'. (Source: Publisher's note)
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