A Story to tell : the working lives of ten Aboriginal Australians / Jonathan Nadji ... [et al.] ; edited by Nan Gallagher
- Bib ID:
- 18223
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gallagher, Nan (Ed.)
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- Description:
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992
- vi, 170 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0521424321
- Summary:
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Contains working biographies of ten Aborigines; Jonathan Nadji (park ranger), Monica Timaepatua (seamstress), Michael Hill (drug and alcohol counsellor), Alan Kyle (seaman), Betty Stewart (educational assistant), Rochelle Patten (artist), Gordon Pablo (language co -ordinator), Robert Bagie (broadcaster), Lyle Sansbury (company chairman) and Naomi Mayers (company secretary); topics covered include - National Parks Service; sport; bush foods; traditional and Christian beliefs; agricultural, mechanical and farm work; substance abuse; crocodile shooting, pearling and trochus industries; histories of La Perouse and Cummeragunja; discrimination (economic and social); employment; social work; education; health services; radio and television broadcasting; Aboriginal enterprises; Nurungga Farming Company; Aboriginal Health Service, Redfern; self-determination; government policy; language preservation and recovery.
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- Machine derived contents note: The authors speak
- Editor's note
- 1. Seeing it from both sides Jonathan Nadji
- 2. Nginingawila ngirramini kapi parlingarri purumuwu ngawa-ampi ngawa-maniguwi Monica Timaepatua
- 3. Meeting each challenge Michael Hill
- 4. Battlin' for a quid Alan Kyle
- 5. To give and not to take Betty Stewart
- 6. Painting in my own way Rochelle Patten
- 7. The land is my mother Gordon Pablo
- 8. Tops on the tip, radio 4 INJ Robert Bagie
- 9. I'd like to get on with it Lyle Sansbury
- 10. Growing to meet the work's demands Naomi Mayers
- Ten Aboriginal working lives: a window on Australian society
- A frame of reference for the ten autobiographies of work
- Notes, sources and further reading
- Index.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [160]-167) and index.
- For senior secondary school students.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
- Subject:
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- Gallagher, Nan
- Nadji, Jonathan
- Timaepatua, Monica
- Hill, Michael
- Kyle, Alan
- Stewart, Betty
- Patten, Rochelle, 1951-
- Pablo, Gordon, 1933-
- Bagie, Robert
- Sansbury, Lyle
- Mayers, Naomi Ruth, 1941-
- Aboriginal Australians -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians -- Economic conditions
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions
- Food - Bush tucker
- Health status - Public health
- Art - Artists - Women
- Media - Broadcast media - Radio
- Substance use - Social and economic aspects
- Sport
- Substance use
- Religions - Christianity
- Government policy - State and territory - Queensland
- Government policy - State and territory - New South Wales
- Media - Broadcast media - Television
- Education - Teaching
- Hunting - Crocodile
- Health services
- Environment - Conservation - Conservation areas
- Animals - Invertebrates - Crustacea and molluscs - Trochus
- Employment - Labour market
- Bathurst Island (NT SC52-15)
- Kakadu / Alligator Rivers area (NT SD53-01, SD53-05)
- Bookayana / Point Pearce (SE SA SI53-12)
- Cape York Peninsula (Qld SC54, SD54, SD55)
- Cummeragunja (SW NSW SJ55-01)
- La Perouse (S Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Redfern (Inner Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Robinvale (NW Vic SI54-12)
- Aboriginal Australians - Economic conditions
- Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions
- Aboriginal Australians - Employment
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