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King Brown country : the betrayal of Papunya / Russell Skelton.
- Title
- King Brown country : the betrayal of Papunya / Russell Skelton.
- Author
- Skelton, Russell, 1946-
- Publication
- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | GR366.K84 S54 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 245 p. : col. ill., map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Award-winning journalist Russell Skelton presents a devastatingly revealing portrait of Papunya, a Western Desert community that once showed such promise, now a community in severe crisis.
- Subject
- Anderson Nampitjinpa, Alison, 1958-
- Hanley, Steve
- Kukatja (Australian people) > Social conditions
- Pitjantjatjara (Australian people) > Social conditions
- Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Papunya Native Settlement (N.T.)
- Papunya Native Settlement (N.T.) > Social policy
- Papunya Native Settlement (N.T.) > Social conditions
- Genre/Form
- Folklore
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. First encounters -- 2. Luritja lady -- 3. The whitefellas' fault -- 4. Mercenaries, missionaries and misfits -- 5. Motorcar dreaming -- 6. Winter of discontent -- 7. We decide who comes -- 8. The petrol-sniffing capital of Australia -- 9. The consul's horse -- 10. Anderson rolls the dice -- 11. Love hurts -- 12. The loss of acumen -- 13. Back to the future -- 14. "Hurricane Katrina" -- 15. Papunya after the intervention.
- ISBN
- 9781741756227
- OCLC
- 657053332
- SCSB-11799013
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library