'Shaw summarises the history of the East Kimberley region from the first white contact in the late 1870s to the 1970s, as well as detailing some of the problems encounterd in the writing of ... [Banggaiyerri : The Story of Jack Sullivan]'
(Source: Banggaiyerri : The Story of Jack Sullivan, as told to Bruce Shaw, 1983, back cover)
'In late 1973, Bruce Shaw began recording the life-histories of several elderly Aboriginal Australians of the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. These two monographs, the result of a long process of transcription, collaborative editing, translation and revision, are the second and third in a series of six proposed volumes, the first of which, My Country of the Pelican Dreaming , appeared in 1981.' (Introduction)
'In late 1973, Bruce Shaw began recording the life-histories of several elderly Aboriginal Australians of the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. These two monographs, the result of a long process of transcription, collaborative editing, translation and revision, are the second and third in a series of six proposed volumes, the first of which, My Country of the Pelican Dreaming , appeared in 1981.' (Introduction)
