Cirrus@Austlit

'In May of this year, twenty children from the Indulkana Special Aboriginal School visited Adelaide for a week. For many of these children and for the Aboriginal teacher aides and Aboriginal parents who accompanied them this visit was the first view of country away from the centre of Australia, a first introduction to a large city, the sea, indoor communal living, the excitement of new people, places and things. The children and adults travelled by bus from Indulkana to Adelaide via Coober Pedy and Port Augusta one way and Leigh Creek and Oodnadattat the other...' (Introduction)

'The appointment of Senator Cavanagh as the new Minister for Aboriginal Affairs was announced on October 9. At the time Senator Cavanagh was holding the portfolio of Works to which he had been appointed after the election in December 1972. While Minister for Works he represented the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the Senate.' (Introduction)

'The Western Desert Language of Australia consists of a large number of dialects which are spoken over vast but also some of the least populated parts of the Continent: the Great Sandy Desert, the Gibson Desert, and the Great Victoria Desert are all totally enclosed by the area in which the language is spoken...' (Introduction)