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y separately published work icon Kakadu Man : Bill Neidjie selected work   prose   biography   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Kakadu Man : Bill Neidjie
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    • Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan area, Canberra region (NSW), Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,: Mybrood , 1985 .
      Extent: 92p.
      Description: col. illus., maps, port.
      Note/s:
      • Foreword by Hon. Clyde Holding, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.
      • Partial contents indexed. Remainder pending.
      • Copyright date.
      • Includes an introduction 'Australian Dreaming' by Allan Fox and a biography of Bill Neidjie by Stephen Davis. 'I Give You This Story' appears on pp.33-64 and comprises poems by Neidjie and Davis. The book concludes with a photo essay 'Neidjie Wisdom - A Tribute' by Fox. The photo essay contains additional poems.
      ISBN: 0958945802
    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1993 .
      Alternative title: Australia's Kakadu Man, Bill Neidjie
      Extent: 1 v.p.
      ISBN: 0207180644, 0207178712 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Gagudju man : the environmental and spiritual philosophy of a senior traditional owner Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
    • Marleston, West Torrens area, Adelaide - South West, Adelaide, South Australia,: J.B. Books , 2002 .
      Extent: 80p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • 'The main text is reproduced and adapted from the original 1986 production Kakadu Man for use in this edition of Gagadju Man ...' - [ p. 1 ]
      • Foreword by Ian Morris 'Riyala', Northern Territory November 2001.(pp.2-5). 'In this book Bill relives the past in order to give some meaningful structure to the future. It is an attempt to help non-Aboriginal people understand the bond between Aboriginal people and their traditionally inherited land. It is for Bill's descendants as well as ours.' (p.5).

      • Includes a Postscript to the Commentary by Stephen Davis on Bill Neidjie.(p.13) and a new poem, 'He can't move his country' (pp.18-19). Section One of the 1985 text has been moved towards the end of the volume and called 'The Beginning.' (pp.60-69). There have also been substantial changes to the photos included and Section 4 of the 1985 version - 'Neidjie wisdom...a tribute' has been replaced.

      • Author's Foreword: I give you this story. this proper, true story. People can listen. I'm telling this while you've got time, time for you to make something, you know, history book.
      • Foreword by Jonathan Nadji, 2001. Son. 'There is a good story within these pages. Please read it well and learn from the wisdom within'.
      ISBN: 1876622385
Subjects:
  • Kakadu National Park, Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
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