Cirrus@Austlit

'The book tells the story of the Yolnu and two missionaries, Harold & Ella Shepherdson who lived in Arnhem Land for 50 years. Together they built the town on Elcho Island working side by side to develop the infrastructure needed. Harold used his planes to connect with Yolnu living inland and in other places along the coast. He encouraged the Yolnu to protect their land by staying on their country.'  (Publication summary)

'A collection of Hilda Abbotts’s memories written from her diary, edited by Stephen Ashford, published by the Historical Society of the NT.

'Hilda arrived in Darwin with her husband who was the Administrator to the Northern Territory in 1937. During the 9 years in the Territory Hilda was known as an energetic “First Lady”.

'Hilda wrote about the bombing raids and machine gun attacks on Government House in graphic detail, the trauma and disorientation and the hazardous journey by road and train to Katherine, Larrimah and finally Alice Springs.

'Hilda had previously worked for the Australian Red Cross in Cairo and with this connection to the organisation she revived the Darwin branch of the Australian Red Cross. In 1946 the Red Cross recognised her work as the Branch President and in aftermath of the war naming one of its buildings “Hilda Abbott Cottage”.' (Publication summary)

Beth Graham arrived in Yirrkala in 1962, where she worked as a teacher for the Methodist Mission School. In 1973 she had developed and implemented the school's first bilingual education program. In 1979, she worked as an education advisor for the Curriculum and Assessment Branch of the Northern Territory Department of Education, and became the first female principal education officer in bilingual education. (Source: Territory Stories website)

The journal publishes material on the history of the Northern Territory or on subjects which have some relevance to Northern Australia. (Source: Historical Society of the Northern Territory Incorporated website)

'The Copper Mine murders in 1884 near Daly River in the Northern Territory of Australia and the following massacres of Aborigines.' (Source: TROVE)

'This book chronicles the lives of Jimmy's ill-fated uncles when they made their lives in the pioneering era of the Northern Territory. This is a story of murder, crocodile attack and deadly disease' – From the preface