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Mary Nurniyn Mary Nurniyn i(A130654 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 Looking after Elsey : Station and Home Mary Nurniyn , Francesca Merlan (interviewer), 1996 single work oral history life story
— Appears in: Big River Country : Stories from Elsey Station 1996; (p. 45-55) Mary Nurniyn tells how her father, Yiworrondo, or Jungle Dick, dammed the Roper River at the request of Elsey Station's manager, Harold Giles. This resulted in the filling of lagoons which meant some Aboriginal people were pleased with the improved fishing, whilst others downstream were not so pleased.
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