Kingsley Palmer Kingsley Palmer i(A27063 works by)
Born: Established: 1946 ;
Gender: Male
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1 Justice all Their Own : The Caledon Bay and Woodah Island Killings 1932-1933. Kingsley Palmer , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 1998; (p. 78-80)

— Review of Justice All Their Own : The Caledon Bay and Woodah Island Killings 1932-1933 Ted Egan , 1996 single work non-fiction oral history
In this review Palmer notes that "this book is an important contribution to our understanding of the events at Caledon Bay and their sequelae. These are the facts of the colonial frontier in the early decades of this century in Australia." (Source: review)
1 [Review Essay] A World That Was : The Yaraldi of the Murray River and the Lakes, South Australia Kingsley Palmer , 1994 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 1994; (p. 50-52)

'This book is published in fulfilment of a promise made by Ronald and Catherine Berndt to their Aboriginal friends of the Lower Murray River area of South Australia. The promise was that the social history of the Narrinyeri people would be made available to their descendants and to all Australians. For the Berndts, the fieldwork, undertaken in 1939, 1942 and 1943, was among their first encounters with indigenous Australians. It is sad that its publication is among their last. Ronald Berndt died in 1990 before the manuscript was published. Catherine Berndt survived her husband to write the acknowledgements for the book, but she too died in 1994.'  (Introduction)

1 [Review Essay] For Their Own Good Kingsley Palmer , 1993 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 1993; (p. 93-96)

'These two books deal with Aborigines in Western Australia, principally during the first four decades of this century. To some extent, they cover the same ground. Haebich spans the period 1900-40, while Jacobs studies the life of A O Neville (1897-1954) whose active involvement in Aboriginal affairs started in 1915 and ended with his retirement in 1940, although he continued to be actively involved in Aboriginal issues until his death. But if the ground traversed is to some extent the same, the approach and tone are fundamentally different. Looking back on one of the most difficult, vexed and at times disturbing periods in Australian history, it is all too easy to be critical, condemnatory and even slightly self-righteous. It is tempting to neglect the complex political, ideological and social issues of the time which framed both thought and action. In a focus which sharpens the reader's appreciation of a single man, his life, ambitions, frustrations, failures and successes, Jacobs's life of A O Neville takes us to the heart of the matter. It brings the reader to an understanding (though not necessarily to an approval) of the desire for action which was believed to be 'for their ow n good'. Ironically, despite the title, Haebich does not give us a similarly contextualised view of history.  (Introduction)

1 The Week, a Poem : Seven i "No restin today", Kingsley Palmer , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 99)
1 The Week, a Poem : Six i "The Generals, perhaps all over eighty years of age", Kingsley Palmer , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 99)
1 The Week, a Poem : Five i "Tonight the hot wind blew", Kingsley Palmer , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 98)
1 The Week, a Poem : Four i "Long years scorch you with their heat", Kingsley Palmer , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 98)
1 The Week, a Poem : Three i "Today the blood coursed through my veins", Kingsley Palmer , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 97)
1 The Week, a Poem : Two i "Across the sleeping pillow", Kingsley Palmer , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 96-97)
1 The Week, a Poem : One i "Successfully I have cheated life", Kingsley Palmer , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 96)
1 The Week, a Poem Kingsley Palmer , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 96-99)
1 Seeing Things More Clearly Clancy McKenna , Kingsley Palmer , 1978 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Somewhere Between Black and White: The Story of an Aboriginal Australian 1978; (p. 116-126)
1 A Family Man Clancy McKenna , Kingsley Palmer , 1978 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Somewhere Between Black and White: The Story of an Aboriginal Australian 1978; (p. 102-115)
1 The Co-operative Kingsley Palmer , Clancy McKenna , 1978 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Somewhere Between Black and White: The Story of an Aboriginal Australian 1978; (p. 93-101)
1 The Strike Clancy McKenna , Kingsley Palmer , 1978 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Somewhere Between Black and White: The Story of an Aboriginal Australian 1978; (p. 81-92)
1 McLeod Clancy McKenna , Kingsley Palmer , 1978 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Somewhere Between Black and White: The Story of an Aboriginal Australian 1978; (p. 70-80)
1 Dissatisfaction Clancy McKenna , Kingsley Palmer , 1978 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Somewhere Between Black and White: The Story of an Aboriginal Australian 1978; (p. 57-69)
1 The Bicycle Kingsley Palmer , Clancy McKenna , 1978 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Somewhere Between Black and White: The Story of an Aboriginal Australian 1978; (p. 44-56)
1 Marangu Law Clancy McKenna , Kingsley Palmer , 1978 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Somewhere Between Black and White: The Story of an Aboriginal Australian 1978; (p. 36-43)
1 Whitefella Law Clancy McKenna , Kingsley Palmer , 1978 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Somewhere Between Black and White: The Story of an Aboriginal Australian 1978; (p. 20-35)
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