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Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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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)'.
1 Private Life and Livelihoods 1989 single work oral history
— Appears in: Impact Stories of the East Kimberley 1989; (p. 48-52) 'Work on cattle stations allowed people to get to know the 'country'. The wet-season gave ample opportunity for travel further afield, gathering foods, and participation in ceremonies'.
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