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'Jack Bohemia, Nyibayarri, was born around the turn of the century near the Old Bohemia Downs homestead, about 100 km east of Fitzroy Crossing in the southern Kimberley, Western Australia. He passed away peacefully in the Numbala Nunga nursing home in Derby on 26 August 1994, following a stroke. From the age of about five or six until almost forty, Jack Bohemia worked with cattle on Bohemia Downs station, rising to the rank of head stockman. He participated in, and ultimately led, a number of droving trips to Derby and Broome; on one occasion, he even went to Katherine with a mob of horses— and from there to Darwin on the old train, on holiday. He gained a reputation as an expert stockman, and many Gooniyandi and Bunuba men remember him as their teacher, who taught them about stockwork—and/or the Law.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Australian Aboriginal Studies no. 2 1994 11969634 1994 periodical issue

    'After three years (1992-94) and six issues, this will be my last issue as general editor. The previous general editor, Dr Kingsley Palmer, also edited six issues (1989-91), although two cases do not make a pattern (the previous general editor, Dr David Horton, edited ten issues). The termination of my time as general editor coincides with the appointment of a new Director of Research, Dr Mary Edmunds, who will also take over the journal. We wish Mary every success in her new position and particularly in her role as general editor. We also hope that you, the readers, will continue to reap profit and enjoyment from the flagship publication of the Institute.' (Editorial introduction)

    1994
    pg. 120-121
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