Yikarni. True Stories from Gurindji Country; A Handful of Sand. The Gurindji Struggle After the Walk-off single work   essay  
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'These two excellent volumes fortuitously have appeared together, and can be read consecutively. Yikarni is a collection of historical narratives, mainly told in Gurindji, with an English translation on the opposite page. Charlie Ward, in A Handful of Sand, after a prolegomena that effectively takes up half the book, covers the declining fortunes of the Gurindji since Whitlam’s epic handful of sand.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Northern Territory Historical Studies no. 28 2017 12381232 2017 periodical issue

    'This issue of the Journal contains articles that address constant themes in Northern Territory history – travel, settlement and war. We begin with a contribution by Mickey Dewar on the stories of four young men who travelled the Territory in the years preceding the First World War. Their hopes and dreams as they undertook their adventures in this vast and new land serve as a counterpoint to the impending war - one killed in action soon after arriving at the front; two returning to Australia scarred by the horror of their experience; and one, although not serving, subject to suspicion and alienation on account of his heritage. As Dewar concludes, the war years changed everything in the Territory and for those living there.' (Editorial introduction)

         2017     pg. 92-96
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