Alex Sherrin interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3426210
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Sherrin, Alex, 1950-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2005 Apr. 5
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 63 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Alex Sherrin born Numurkah, Vic. talks about his father's soldier settlement dairy farm; his happy childhood; his schooling; joining the Navy, aged 15, becoming a Sonar Operator (1966-1976); overseas travel; his marriage; a variety of employment before the move to N.T. (1980); working in mining construction camps; the organisation of "A Night in the Sadadeen Stock Camp"; Bruce Simpson; Ted Egan; Tommy Burrows; his employment in Alice Springs; managing a general store in an Aboriginal Community, 320km north-east of Alice Springs, background, organisational structure; Indigenous autonomy and administration; Indigenous social structure; sources of income in the Aboriginal Community; the Community Development Employment Program (CDEP); the success of Tangentyere Constructions program; the training of Aboriginal workers; design ideas for housing better suited to Aboriginal communal living; medical facilities; standard of living; the role of tribal elders in the stability of community; petrol sniffing; the breakdown of tribal law; attendance at school and teaching practices; the impact of social security; traditional song and dance in the community; funerals; initiations; the impact of television on Indigenous community social life; the Murramulla Gurindji Cattle Company; Aboriginal Lands Councils; the complexity of issues facing Indigenous communities; obstacles to the development of Indigenous autonomy; his plans to leave the community.
- Notes:
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this recording may contain names and voices of deceased persons.
- Recorded on 5 April 2005 at Alice Springs, N.T.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221280482
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 39 leaves) available.
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This belongs to the Drovers oral history project.
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- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2005
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