This work is in three parts:
- Part One Early Days
- Part Two Law
- Part Three Today
This is a short biography about Mandi, who was born at Dunham River junction, and lived and worked at Ivanhoe Station, Western Australia.
This short biography is about Yilngali man, Banggaldun, who was born close to the Port Keats, Northern Territory.
A short biography about Bulla Bilinggiin who lived at worked a Argyle Station, Western Australia.
'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)