Indigenous Australians '... from all over Australia talk of their lives -- their families, their work, their languages and culture, the disappointments and sadness of the past, their hopes for the future. The ten authors come from all parts of Australia and the range of experiences which their stories reveal is testament to this.'
(Source: A Story to Tell: The Working Lives of Ten Aboriginal Australians, (ed.) Gallagher, N., Cambridge University Press, 1992, Back Cover)