Born in the cattle : Aborigines in cattle country / Ann McGrath
- Bib ID:
- 3027074
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McGrath, Ann
- Description:
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- Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 1987
- xi, 200 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports., 2 maps ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0041500849 (paperback)
- Summary:
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This book tells the story of Aboriginal involvement in the northern cattle industry. It shows how the Aboriginal people excelled at this 'no shame job', how they incorporated it into their world, how they used it to stay on their own land with their kin. Combining new skills with old, they shaped a unique Aboriginal cattle country, and thereby made a major contribution to the economy of Australia's north.
- Full contents:
- Includes index.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 193-194.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australian stockmen -- Australia, Northern -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Northern -- History
- Ranch life -- Australia, Northern -- History
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia, Northern
- Crime - Against persons
- Sex relations
- Occupations - Domestic servants
- Gender relations - Division of labour
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Wagiman / Wageman people (N27) (NT SD52-12)
- Sex relations - Prostitution
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry - Beef cattle
- Employment - Conditions - Wages
- Race relations - Violent
- Mudburra people (C25) (NT SE53-05)
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers
- Gajerrong / Gajirrawoong people (K37.1) (WA SD52-15)
- Socioeconomic conditions - Living conditions
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- Northern Territory - Central NT
- East Kimberley area (WA SD52, SE52)
- Northern Territory Top End (NT)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1987
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