Land is life
Subtitle: from bush to town : the story of the Yanyuwa people
By: Richard Baker.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 1999
Place of publication: St Leonards, N.S.W., Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Yanyuwa (Australian people) -- History.; Yanyuwa (Australian people) -- Social conditions.; Yanyuwa (Australian people) -- Land tenure.; Land tenure -- Australia -- Northern Territory.; Northern Territory -- Social conditions.; Northern Territory -- Race relations.
Description: "This is the story of the Yanyuwa whose traditional country is the islands known as the Sir Edward Pellew Group and the adjacent coastal areas of the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is a story indeed many stories told to Richard Baker over thirteen years." "The Yanyuwa were visited by Macassan trepangers long before Europeans came to Australia. Hence, this remote community has had a longer history of contact with non-Aboriginal people than most other Aboriginal groups. In many ways the account presented here challenges conventional views of the impact of contact between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. It also demonstrates the importance of the past in shaping the present and reveals what is meant by land is life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Bibliography.
Includes index.