Long Time, Olden Time: Aboriginal Accounts of Northern Territory HistoryPeter Read, Jay Read Collection of interviews with 48 Aboriginal people recorded in 1976-77. The book is divided into two sections, TConflict' and TLiving with Whites', and the interviews cover areas such as the Coniston Massacre, learning the white culture, living and working, and WWII. A chronology of Northern Territory events 1820-1970, a glossary and a map are also included. TIt is a major contribution to AboriginalPand to AustralianPhistoriography' (Henny Reynolds). |
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Contents
The organisation of forces | 3 |
Hickey Hood Janbuyin | 9 |
Stephen Bunbaijan | 16 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Long Time, Olden Time: Aboriginal Accounts of Northern Territory History Long Time, Olden Time: Aboriginal Accounts of Northern Territory History, Institute for Aboriginal Development (Alice Springs, N.T.), ISBN 0949659592, 9780949659590 |
| Editors | Peter Read, Jay Read |
| Contributor | Institute for Aboriginal Development (Alice Springs, N.T.) |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Institute for Aboriginal Development Publications, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Jan 15, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0949659584, 9780949659583 |
| Length | 151 pages |
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