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Jan Richardson Jan Richardson i(A127099 works by) (a.k.a. Jan (Dr) Richardson)
Gender: Female
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1 On Red Earth Walking : The Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946–1949 by Anne Scrimgeour Jan Richardson , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 420 2020;
— Review of On Red Earth Walking : The Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946–1949 Anne Scrimgeour , 2020 multi chapter work criticism

'It was only seventy years ago that Aboriginal workers in the north-west of Western Australia emerged from virtual slavery on the pastoral stations in the Pilbara region. Through their own efforts, and with encouragement from some white supporters, they radically changed the industry and undermined a colonising process of government control over them. Their protest is known as the 1946–1949 pastoral workers’ strike, which Anne Scrimgeour declares ‘has the quality of a legend’. In On Red Earth Walking she verifies the story. Her meticulous archival research and evidence, from those whose planning and actions were mostly not recorded, lead her to new understandings. It is her relationship with the strikers and their descendants that makes her book unique, for she conveys their response to colonisation through their eyes.'  (Introduction)
1 Caribbean Stories : Born in the West Indies, Tried in the British Isles, Transported to New South Wales Jan Richardson , 2015 single work biography
— Appears in: From the Edges of Empire : Convict Women from beyond the British Isles 2015;
1 1 y separately published work icon Dusty Dexter PI : Her First Case Jan Richards , Buderim : Jan Richardson , 2011 Z1833994 2011 single work novel crime 'Dusty Dexter's a novice PI, but she's not going to let that stop her cracking wide open an international drug smuggling ring. She doesn't play by the rules, ok she doesn't know the rules, but she's got smarts. And she's prepared to take chances, something her boss Red, an ex-cop with a secret, doesn't understand. Neither does Hank, the hunky senior sergeant. Will a zap with a taser put him off Dusty for good? With friend Janet Jones, an obsessive triathlete on track for a PB, she tracks down the bad guys from Mooloolaba to Vanuatu. Of course, it's not all smooth sailing at home or out on the Pacific, and they have to take their chances with the sharks, in and out of the water.' (Source: Libraries Australia)
1 y separately published work icon Dr Jan Richardson : On Injustices and Triumphs in Western Australia in the 1960s and 1970s Jan Richardson , Canberra : National Museum of Australia , 2009 Z1624164 2009 website life story
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