Crossed tracks on Ngurra Mala, ownership and dispossession requests and resilience at the centre of the Northern Territory of Australia
Subtitle: told from written records and conversations with the peoples of Marlinja - Newcastle Waters and Kulumindini - Elliott
By: Jackie Wolfe
Publisher: Historical Society of the Northern Territory Inc.
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Darwin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781925800128
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians; Politics and government; Government relations; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Local government; Councils
Notes: Includes bibliography: pages 243-256.
Table of contents: title: Caution, Dedication, Thanks; title: Appreciation; title: Illustration List; title: Part I Voices: Who tells the stories of Crossed Tracks: Tracks; title: Fine you write down our other stories; title: What this Kardeba had previously learned; title: The search for stories of Crossed Tracks; title: Voices raised - voices heard.; title: Part II Ownership and Dispossession: Where Tracks cross:; title: Tracks; title: New tracks; title: The Overland Telegraph Line; title: Establishing the Track; title: This country; title: The peoples of this country Ngurra Mala; title: Living in country; title: Establishing pastoral stations; title: Where cattle are king; title: Tracks for cattle: The Travelling Stock Routes; title: Where Tracks Cross - the ridge becomes a town; title: Who Owns This country; title: Aboriginal 'Ownership' and responsibilities; title: New 'Owners' of the land and their responsibilities; title: Those who choose to stay on their country; title: A reserve on this country for its people; title: Workers in cattle; title: Station time: living conditions of workers in the cattle; title: So many Aboriginals living at Newcastle Waters Station and in the town; title: The Ration Station and the Aboriginal Aged and Infirm Camp; title: From working as unpaid labour to receiving Aboriginal wages; title: Aboriginal Trust Accounts - or stolen wages; title: Government benefits claimed or not claimed; title: The Full Award Wage will be paid - but; title: In Two Years' time; title: When Track Diverge; title: Newcastle Waters town - on the country known as Marlinja; title: The town of Elliott - on country known as Kulumindini; title: The Walk Offs; title: How the pastoral industry dealt with those'practical matters'; title: From station camp to town camp; title: Crossed tracks at Marlinja - Newcastle Waters and Kulumindini - Elliott.; title: Part III Requests and Resilience: The petition: your assurance that our tribe will not be disbanded would be appreciated:; title: The Petition; title: The Aboriginal camp in the town of Newcastle Waters; title: The Aboriginal camp at Newcastle Waters station; title: Pastoral station camps in the mid 1940s; title: The Newcastle Waters Station camp in the early 1950s; title: Newcastle Waters Station camp in February 1952; title: Newcastle Waters township camps; title: The Ration Depot and Aboriginal Aged and Infirm Camp; title: Aboriginal camps in the town of Elliott; title: Recurring problems - recurring solutions; title: Absorption or dispersal: the official position; title: Patrol Officer Bray's report on the Petitioners and the Petition; title: Bray's addendum on the water supply matter; title: Director Moy's solution; title: The follow-up; title: Other solutions to continuing problems; title: Solidarity and some outside help; title: Decision-making from a distance; title: Respectful naming; title: Respect for the names of places; title: Respect for people's names; title: Elliott: focal point for Central Australia or shanty town for all; title: The disruption of war; title: Early applications for land at Elliott; title: Elliott will become the focal point for Central Australia; title: More interest in lots and the public auction; title: Interest from religious denominations; title: An Aboriginal compound in Elliott; title: The cost of developing a new town; title: Development of the town has not been along the lines anticipated; title: Emergent issues; title: Elliott is speedily developing into a shanty town; title: Where basic modern essential are non-existent; title: The town of Elliott and the major stock routes; title: Elliott has tow or three broken wheels; title: Another request for electricity to no effect; title: A suitable site for native community; title: A blacks camp has been formed at Elliott township; title: Solutions proposed; title: Locations where natives might be permitted to live; title: A location for an Aboriginal camp in Elliott; title: Camp designated - no huts, no services, no facilities; title: Living in North camp; title: Public servants look back; title: Respectfully yours - a critical commentary; title: Requests, indifference, rejections; title: Read and heed this cautionary tale; title: To Deny  equal opportunities would be un-Australian: two communities - two schools; title: A school at Newcastle Waters would have quite a good attendance; title: Schooling for Aboriginal children; title: A school for Aboriginal children in Newcastle Waters; title: A school opens, closes and reopens in Elliott; title: A subsidised transportation service; title: School integration; title: A colour bar in Elliott; title: Health and related concerns; title: Strong and divided opinions - from a distance; title: He would not take her away from school no matter what happened; title: With hindsight - responses to change; title: Readiness for this assimilation business; title: How educational systems may reinforce racial and social divided; title: A fair go for our people: the Newcastle Waters stockworkers' walk-off; title: The build-up; title: They got Ward's wages not Award wages; title: Those for and those against and equal wage; title: The slow worker designation; title: And three years to wait; title: We want proper money and not bin wait three years; title: Head stockman and strike leader Captain Major; title: Roy Edwards: 'Bout best boss I ever work for; title: A fair go for our people and myself; title: Captain Major and District Welfare Officer Cooke talk to station owner Roy Edwards; title: The Newcastle Waters stockworkers Walk-Off and Strike; title: Official responses - official responsibilities; title: One small victory; title: The strikers respond to reality; title: At Union Camp; title: The national aftermath; title: The Gurindji strike at Wave Hill; title: The Land Rights Agenda in the Northern Territory; title: Better wages - pastoral industry changes; title: No formal education and few technical skills; title: The future in a town camp; title: District Welfare Officer Cooke's reappraisal of owner-manager Roy Edwards; title: Land Rights; title: Marlinja on Union Paddock; title: Kulumindini at Elliott; title: Resilience: finding and using their voice again; title: Rough Tracks: challenges for Elliott - Kulumindini organisations:; title: No organisation - no voice; title: Eilliott's first Progress Association; title: Town camp needs - town core expectations; title: Elliott's Aboriginal camps in the mid 1970s; title: The Aborigines Progress and Housing Association serves Elliott's town camps; title: The Housing Association's limited role; title: Management matters; title: A housing disaster; title: Gross dereliction of duty; title: The Elliott District Progress Association; title: Elliott Progress Association achievements; title: From the Elliott Progress Association to the Elliott - Kulumindini Progress Association; title: Serious business for the Elliott-Kulumindini Progress Association; title: The recurring problem of grog; title: Recurring deplorable camp conditions; title: Recurring health hazards from the stockyards; title: Two Associations discuss housing and related matters; title: Common concerns - no improvements; title: Jurisdictional confusion; title: Elliott and District Community Government Council under consideration; title: Elliott District Community Government Council established; title: Elliott Community Government Council in action; title: Elliott business enterprises; title: Who benefits from community government activities; title: Civic pride; title: Elliott community government under scrutiny; title: The puzzle of not-so-effective council representation; title: Perhaps a matter of literacy and numeracy; title: Perhaps a matter of language; title: Aboriginal community decision-making; title: Complex and contentious meaning of community; title: Very rough tracks: Elliott-Kulumindini councils compete and conflict; title: Permanent place to live or transient camp; title: Governance options in small Northern Territory towns; title: The case for a new Aboriginal organisation in Kulumindini-Elliott; title: Gurungu Council established; title: All we ever asked was what do you people want; title: We live the problems - we see them every day; title: Gurungu Council's big agenda; title: Gurungu Council's actions; title: Competition and conflict between Elliott-Kulumindini's organisations; title: TCHIP - Commonwealth and Territory dollars for town camp housing; title: Territory Legislature discusses a TCHIP program for Elliott; title: The need for housing in Elliott is almost legend; title: Not a case of a few whinging aboriginals; title: Perspectives on the role of the Elliott Community Government Council; title: One responsible and legitimate community organisation argument wins; title: Gurungu Council achievements and continuing challenges; title: Community leadership in Kulumindini-Elliott; title: What to celebrate in 1988?; title: The 40,000 year celebration; title: Reflections on appropriate governance and appropriate supports; title: The need for housing in Elliott is almost legend - history repeats itself; title: Serving communities through innovative education: the Newcastle Waters and Elliott-Kulumindini schools in the late 1980s:; title: Changes at Newcastle Waters Station; title: Two communities - two very different schools; title: The Newcastle Waters school in 1990; title: More changes for the Marlinja-Newcastle Waters school; title: From teacher to principal; title: The Kulumindini-Elliott school in 1990; title: Standing strong: the Kardeba - Mungara Bi-Cultural Program; title: Community's expectations of the school; title: The school's expectations of the community; title: On a firm track; title: Who sets educational and related goals?; title: The value of two-way education; title: Vibrancy and hope:; title: Town and country; title: The Open College of Kulumindi-Elliott; title: Ngurra mala - places of the Dreaming; title: Rain dance, Rain dance, Sing me a rain; title: Kulumindini video; title: Singing the language and the law; title: Recording song lines; title: Language and bush knowledge; title: Learning by choosing and doing: good strong furniture and house repairs; title: A place for women; title: Craft production and sales; title: Training for Kulumindini-Elliott's teachers; title: Vital homemakers; title: Open College opens up opportunities for all; title: You're not useless; title: Fulfilling Gurungu Councils' demanding agenda; title: Sustaining hope - sustaining resilience; title: But for how long; title: Too distant and too small; title: Parks in Kulumindini-Elliott; title: The scourge of renal failure and heart disease; title: Frack the rock - crack the community; title: The cumulative impact of multiple external agendas; title: Knowing neglect - persistent and pervasive disadvantage; title: Creativity and resilience; title: Recognition of Crossed Tracks on Ngurra Mala.; title: Part IV The Nature of Memory:; title: Sources, stories told and voices heard; title: Aboriginal memory: Songlines and Genealogy; title: The strength of community memory; title: The fragility of community memory; title: Short-term public memory; title: Institutional memory; title: The value of the archival record - memory stored; title: Details in the written record; title: The local story in archives and other places; title: Voices: When people tell their story; title: Abbreviations and Acronyms; title: Glossary of Australian terms.