Coniston Story extract   prose  
Note: Transcribed by George Jampijinpa and translated from Walpiri by Mary Laughren.
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Coniston Story
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Recounts events surrounding the Coniston massacre.

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  • From p18-20 of Yurrkuru-Kurlu.

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    y separately published work icon North of the Ten Commandments : A Collection of Northern Territory Literature David Headon (editor), Rydalmere : Hodder and Stoughton , 1991 Z54431 1991 anthology poetry short story prose correspondence extract

    'The writers and story-tellers included in this collection relate an important, even epic tale. They tell a story which in 1988 (white Australia's bicentennial year) rarely received attention because, while it tells of courage and love, it also focuses on killing and conquest, eccentricity and madness, and a land as hostile and murderous as it could be gentle and caring...' (Source: Preface)

         Rydalmere : Hodder and Stoughton , 1991     pg. 98-100
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y separately published work icon Yurrkuru-Kurlu Tim Japangardi , George Jampijinpa Robertson , Yuendumu : Yuendumu School Press , 1978 Z1402213 1978 single work prose
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