Indigenous Rustralian Voices:

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1 Indigenous Rustralian Voices: EDITED SY JENNIFER KAY SABSIONI, ScHArrER, AND SIDONI E SMITH RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS New 5RUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, AND LONDON

2 Contents A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S XIII P R E F A C E! J E N N I F E R S A B B I O N I X I X M A P X X X I I A B O R I G I N A L A U S T R A L I A! A T I M E L I N E X X X V I N T R O D U C T I O N : K A Y S C H A F F E R A N D S I D O N I E S M I T H XI.I Prologue Self-Portrait, "Purrikinni" (Owl Man) Untitled [oral narrative from Above Capricorn] Parti: Politics and Land Rights Citizenship Assimilation No! Integration Yes! The Flowering Me and JackomariTalkin'About Land Rights I Believe "Please mista do'n take me chilen, please mista do'n" BEDE TUNGATULUM EILEEN BELIA SALLY MORGAN ZO [FORMERLY KNOWN AS KATH WALKER] GlLBERT 22 KEVI N ERROL WEST 2 4

3 V 1 1 I C o N T E N TS One Hundred and Fifty Years Mr. Don't Scratch My Rolex Mad Souls iq Part 2: The Breaming and Connection Road to Redfern Reed Flute Cave Song of Dreamtime "Sitting, wondering, do I have a place here?" "There is no one to teach me the songs..." Forgotten K'gari Marlu-Kurlu The Kangaroo Like Leaves Tree Cicada Black Cockatoos The Blackside LIN ONUS ERROL ERROL MARGARET OLGA WEST WEST M 1 LLER B R U S N A H A N JACK JACK DAVIS DAVIS 12 V, "54 v; V ^ "S AS Part 3: Family Dialogues Pornum Aihoy Yantalpa-Ku "Child, leave the tape recorder" Ngati-Nyana-Jarra-Kurlu The Two Mothers Excerpts from Auntie Rita Granny Koori Grandfather Koori Mother-in-Law Break the Cycle Birth Control for Blacks Mary Artist Son. King Gunnadoo:The Australian Housewife's Lament ARONE RAYMOND MEEKS 48 JENNIE HARGRAVES NAMPIJINPA 49 JENNIE HARGRAVES NAMPIJINPA 49 RHONDA SAMUEL NAPURRURLA fo RHONDA SAMUEL NAPURRURLA fl RITA HUGGINS AND JACKIE HUGGINS <f2 74 GlLBERT 7f 7^ MARGARET BRUSNAHAN 79

4 Co NTC NTS I X Part k Station Lift This Mob Going Hunting Excerpt from When the Pelican Laughed Excerpt from Unbranded Part S: Urban LifE and Dislocation From the exhibition' Same Story, Different Places: An Urban Dreaming" "White man's vision" Bitten Suburban Heroine The Black Drunkard Drumsticks Excerpt from Bridge of Triangles Part 6: Hardships and Resilience Aboriginal Change of Lifestyle Hypocritic Sponsorship The Other Side of the Story Baal Belbora The Dancing Has Ended We Are Going "Misty mountains tell me the secrets you hold, of men" "I feel the texture of her complexion with both hand and heart" Capitalism The Murderer in Disguise Need Imarbara I Am Generation of Existence Excerpt from Don't Take Your Love to Town FATIMA K A N T I L L A ALICE N A N N U P WITH L A U R E N M A R S H AND STEPHEN K I N N A N E HERB W H A R T O N D A R R Y L PFITZN E R MILIKA E R R O L W E S T J A C K D A V I S G I L B E R T G I L B E R T M A R G A R E T B R U S N A H A N J O H N M U K M U K B U R K E ROBERT CAMPBELL, JR. GRAEME DIXON ERROL WEST ERROL WEST RUBY LANGFORD ,,6 116 " '4f 146 ' IfO IC4

5 CONTENTS Part 7: Communities Inspection Day Maturna-Jarra-Kurlu Kujalpa- Pala Wangkaja "Two women sit in the shade away from the hot sun" Fashion Statement Double Standards Civilised One Way Street Pissing in Parks Fellow Being Excerpt from Unna You Fullas Excerpt from True Country ELAINE RUSSELL MARGARET BRUSNAHAN MARGARET BRUSNAHAN GLENYSE WARD KIM SCOTT 180 l8l 182 '8? 184 8f , Part 8: Encounters with the law Definitions of Difference (detail) John Pat Escape! Excerpt from When the Pelican Laughed One Hot Night Excerpt from True Country Part 9: Hidden Histories Michael Watson in Redfern on the Long March of Freedom, Justice and Hope, Invasion Day, 26January 1988, Sydney, NSW Untitled (5/13), from the series Patterns of Connection.. Artist Unknown "I was thinking..." The Past Holocaust Island Are There Abo Schools? REA GRAEME DIXON ALICE N A N N U P WITH LAUREN MARSH AND STEPHEN K I N N A N E ARCHIE WELLER Kl M SCOTT BREN DA CROFT LEAH KING-SMITH BILL NEI DJ I E GRAEME DIXON H

6 CONTENTS X i A Letter to the Shade of Charles Darwin 2^-9 Historical-Journals 260 Sue and Du:The Spirit of One Tribe Is All 260 Excerpt from My Place SALLY MORGAN 262 G L O S S A R Y 187 B I B L I O G R A P H Y O F A U T H O R S ' W O R K S iqf S E L E C T B I B L I O G R A P H Y O F I N D I G E N O U S A U S T R A L I A N H I S T O R Y, A R T, A N D L I T E R A T U R E A B O U T T H E C O N T R I B U T O R S -50-5