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Alternative title: Bee Hill River Man : Kandalangu-Bidi : Memories of Jack McPhee
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Bee Hill River Man : Kandalangu-Bidi
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Notes

  • Dedication: In memory of all those who have gone. Kandulangu, Bee Hill River , that's the Davis River. That's my family. That's where the tribe comes from. Bidi, that's where he belongs to. Kandulangu-bidi, that's this book.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Broome, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,:Magabala Books , 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
That's How My Name Came to Be McPhee : Memories from the Old People, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 3-8)
There's A Dead Man Here : Childhood in Marble Bar and Port Hedland, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 9-16)
So I Got A Brainwash : The Start of My Working Life, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 17-26)
Chasing Brumby Horses : Droving, Working as a Station Hand, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 27)
Out Bush : You Got You Orders First Thing in the Morning, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 36-51)
Horses, Camels and Donkeys but No Money : Back at Marble Bar, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 52-59)
She's Half Round, Half Square and Crooked : They'd Be Broke Before They Got Anywhere, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 60-73)
Down the Murchuson (1927-1931) : Wasted More Time Looking for Work Than Getting Some, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 74-85)
There is a Story : A Family Man, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 86-97)
Not for the Love of Money : A Tough Old Place, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 98-103)
That Was the True Story : Prospector's Memories, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 104-127)
They Never Came Home : Turbulent Times, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 128-132)
You Took What You Could Get : Struggling for a Living, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 133-138)
After the Strike : Backwards and Forwards, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 139-142)
Recognition at Last : One Sack in My Life, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 143-147)
Old Class, Old People : I Am the Last, Patricia Konigsberg , single work biography (p. 148-153)

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  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

Bee Hill River Man Kath Schilling , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , vol. 25 no. 1 1997; (p. 51)

— Review of Bee Hill River Man : Kandalangu-Bidi Patricia Konigsberg , Jack McPhee , 1994 single work biography oral history
Book Notes Kath Schilling , 1996 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 1996; (p. 75-77)
Bee Hill River Man Kath Schilling , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , vol. 25 no. 1 1997; (p. 51)

— Review of Bee Hill River Man : Kandalangu-Bidi Patricia Konigsberg , Jack McPhee , 1994 single work biography oral history
Book Notes Kath Schilling , 1996 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 1996; (p. 75-77)
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