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Joel Gibson writes about the work and life of Daisy Bates including the rejection by the academy of her amateur anthropological work and the subsequent revival of status when her writing became useful for Indigenous land claims.
Writing in the context of a pending Australian Government apology to the Stolen Generations, Alan Ramsey recalls an interview with Xavier Herbert, published by the National Times in January 1985, in which Herbert recounts the events that led to his writing the (unpublished) novel, 'Black Velvet'.