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Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Introduction
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'Shaw summarises the history of the East Kimberley region from the first white contact in the late 1870s to the 1970s, as well as detailing some of the problems encounterd in the writing of ... [Banggaiyerri : The Story of Jack Sullivan]'

(Source: Banggaiyerri : The Story of Jack Sullivan, as told to Bruce Shaw, 1983, back cover)

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    y separately published work icon Banggaiyerri : The Story of Jack Sullivan, as Told to Bruce Shaw Jack Sullivan , Bruce Shaw , Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies , 1983 Z959279 1983 single work life story 'Bruce Shaw met Jack in 1973 and late that year began tape recording his reminiscences. Shaw's first transcription yielded nearly 800 pages of text. ...Jack Sullivan spoke in a style mid-way between Pidgin/Creole English and a colloquial bush slang used by white stockmen. Dialogue was an intrinsic part of the oral tradition upon which Jack was drawing and consequently Bruce Shaw has written Jack's accounts in standard colloquial English, while rendering direct speech in Aboriginal English.' (Back cover). Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies , 1983 pg. pp. 1-27
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  • Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
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