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Shirley Drill Shirley Drill i(A125884 works by)
Born: Established: Springvale, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 Sharing the Story in Kija Language Shirley Drill , 2008 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: The Frog and the Brolga : A Story from Purnululu Community 2008; (p. 22-23)
1 The Frog and the Brolga Shirley Drill , 2008 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: The Frog and the Brolga : A Story from Purnululu Community 2008; (p. 6-17)
1 Sharing Our Story Shirley Drill , 2008 single work non-fiction
— Appears in: The Frog and the Brolga : A Story from Purnululu Community 2008; (p. 4-5)
1 Developing Warmun Community 1989 single work oral history
— Appears in: Impact Stories of the East Kimberley 1989; (p. 86-94) 'Uncertainty about the future turned to pride as people faced the challenges of securing rights to remain at Turkey Creek, and building up the community with minimal resources. This was the first time many of the older people had had cash income of their own'.
1 Leaving Stations, Starting Again 1989 single work oral history
— Appears in: Impact Stories of the East Kimberley 1989; (p. 76-82)

'The introduction of award wages was used as a rationalisation by many of the cattle stations in this area for evicting resident Aboriginal communities. Some workers were permitted to remain, but many chose to leave with their extended families. The pastoral industry's miscalculation that the workers they required would remain without their relations caused loss of its stable workforce'.

'People moved to Halls Creek, Wyndham, and Turkey Creek (many Miriwoong and Gajirrawoong people were already in Kununurra following the flooding of Lake Argyle in the 1960s)'.
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