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Raparapa : stories of the Fitzroy River drovers
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ISBN: 9781922142412 1922142417 Year: 2011 Publisher: Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books,

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Nine Kimberley Aboriginal stockmen tell their stories - and each one reflects the hard slog of their lives, particularly the tough and often abusive living and working conditions. These men worked seven days a week, all-year-round for payment of tobacco, flour, tea, blankets and, sometimes, clothing. Held in high esteem, the four men who remain are Senior Elders, cultural advisors and lawmen who contribute to the welfare of their people and communities. The men in Raparapa are resourceful, resilient, flexible, strong and intelligent. They worked hard to better the lives of future generations o


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Aboriginal population profiles for development planning in the Northern East Kimberley
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ISBN: 1920942084 1920942033 9781920942038 9780731551088 0731551087 9781920942083 Year: 2004 Publisher: Canberra ANU Press

Aboriginal woman : sacred and profane
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ISBN: 1134362641 1280158166 0203987543 9780203987544 9781134362646 9780415319997 0415319994 0415319994 9781134362592 9781134362639 9781138151901 1134362633 Year: 2004 Publisher: London Routledge

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First published in 1939 by Routledge, this classic ethnography portrays the aboriginal woman as she really is - a complex social personality with her own prerogatives, duties, problems, beliefs, rituals and point of view. This groundbreaking and enduring study was researched in North-West Australia between 1935 and 1936 and was written by a woman who truly pioneered the study of gender in anthropology


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Endangered languages beyond boundaries : community connections, collaborative approaches and cross-disciplinary research = Langues en péril au-delà des frontières : connexions communautaires, approches collaboratives, et rechecrche interdisciplinaire : proceedings of the 17th FEL Conference Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario Canada 1-4 October 2013
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ISBN: 9780956021052 0956021050 Year: 2013 Publisher: Bath : Foundation for Endangered Languages,

The languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia
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ISBN: 1134396031 1280078790 0203434714 9780203434710 0415308089 9780415308083 9786610078790 6610078793 9781134396030 9781134395989 9781134396023 9780415859950 0415859956 9781280078798 Year: 2004 Publisher: London RoutledgeCurzon

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This book provides an insightful and highly readable account both of the social setting in which the languages are spoken and of their main structural features.

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