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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Written True, Not Gammon - A History of Aboriginal Charters Towers
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This is a book that people of all ages should read to understand Australia's history. Award winning anthropologist Sally Babidge has collaborated with local elders Val Alberts and Patricia Dallachy to gather oral history and local family photographs. (Black Ink Press webpage).

Notes

  • Uses interviews and conversations with Gudjal people, as well as resources from libraries and archives to present a history about the Aboriginal people in and around Charters Towers.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Thuringowa, Townsville area, Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area, Queensland,: Black Ink Press , 2007 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Black Ink Press
      Extent: 77p.
      Description: illus. (some col.), maps, ports
      Note/s:
      • Author's note: With consultation and editorial assistance from Patricia Dallachy and Valerie Alberts.
      • Includes: Bibliography
      ISBN: 9781863340243

Works about this Work

The Uniqueness of the BlackWords Resource : Memoir of an Indexer Irene Howe , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 3 2014;

'Since its launch in 2007 BlackWords has enjoyed strong Indigenous leadership and a dedicated Indigenous team, allowing Indigenous storytellers, academics and researchers to determine its look, content, and scope. The BlackWords team of researchers and indexers is a community consisting of individuals from across institutions such as the University of Queensland, the University of Western Australia, Flinders University, the University of Sydney, the University of Wollongong and AIATSIS, each of whom has brought their own expertise and specialist interest to the database (BlackWords; Holt; Kilner 62). ' (Author's introduction)

Untitled John D. Adams , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 52 no. 1 2008; (p. 39)

— Review of Written True, Not Gammon - A History of Aboriginal Charters Towers Sally Babidge , Patricia Dallachy , Valerie Alberts , 2007 single work non-fiction life story
Untitled John D. Adams , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 52 no. 1 2008; (p. 39)

— Review of Written True, Not Gammon - A History of Aboriginal Charters Towers Sally Babidge , Patricia Dallachy , Valerie Alberts , 2007 single work non-fiction life story
The Uniqueness of the BlackWords Resource : Memoir of an Indexer Irene Howe , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 14 no. 3 2014;

'Since its launch in 2007 BlackWords has enjoyed strong Indigenous leadership and a dedicated Indigenous team, allowing Indigenous storytellers, academics and researchers to determine its look, content, and scope. The BlackWords team of researchers and indexers is a community consisting of individuals from across institutions such as the University of Queensland, the University of Western Australia, Flinders University, the University of Sydney, the University of Wollongong and AIATSIS, each of whom has brought their own expertise and specialist interest to the database (BlackWords; Holt; Kilner 62). ' (Author's introduction)

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