Senior lawman, Billy Munro 'was born raw in the bush at Hawkestone Peak, in a cattle yard between Kimberley Downs and Napier' in the far northwest of Western Australia. Munro's father is Tommy Munro and his bush name is Linyit. His mother was Mary Anne Munro and her bush name is Nurguworla. Munro's bush name was Morndi and he refers to himself as the saltwater mirage who came to his father as a vision calling out to his father 'I'm, Morndingali'. Munro worked and lived all his life on cattle stations.
Emerarra : A Man of Merarra
Broome
:
Magabala Books
,
1996
Z1385532
1996
single work
life story
Morndi Munro provides a compelling insight into not only his life experiences as an Aboriginal person working on several cattle stations, but also of his admiration for his wife and the many other women who worked alongside him doing the same mustering jobs as the men. His story is about traditional ways and also about his culture, welfare pensions, missionaries, citizenship rights and his respect for the people with whom he worked.
