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Pigeon the Outlaw : History as Texts anthology   biography   oral history  
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Pigeon the Outlaw : History as Texts
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This article contains some versions of the story of Jandamarra (also called Pigeon) a famous Aboriginal 'outlaw' of the Kimberley district of Western Australia. The story of Pidgeon occupies a significantly central place in representations of the history of Aboriginal-European contact in the Kimberleys. (Source: Pigeon the Outlaw: History as Texts)

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Article contains two oral stories:

  • Text 1: The Story of Jandmarra, Alias Pigeon, as told to Alan Rumsey by Banjo Wirrunmarra, August 1984.
  • Text 2: Pigeon Story, as told to Stephen Muecke by Banjo Wirrunmarra, 1977.
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    y separately published work icon Aboriginal History vol. 9 no. 1 1985 Z1605981 1985 periodical issue 1985 pg. 81-100
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y separately published work icon Pigeon W. C. Charnley , Carlisle : Hesperian Press , 2010 6448258 2010 single work biography

A short story on the life of Jandamarra, resistance leader of the West Kimberley area in the 1890s who rebelled against the injustices that were being committed against the Bunuba people and their land.
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Subjects:
  • Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
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