The Rainbow Beach man : the life and times of Les Ridgeway, Worimi elder / John Ramsland
- Bib ID:
- 4601509
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ramsland, John, 1942-
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Brolga Publishing, 2009
- xxiii, 452 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921221927
- Summary:
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This is the fascinating story of Ridgeway and his struggle against adversity and racial discimination. The eldest of a family of eight, he grew up straightened circumstances on Reserves, leaving the Aboriginal School at 14 and becoming a farm labourer.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- Ridgeway, Les, 1928-2014
- New South Wales. Aboriginal Welfare Board
- Australia. Department of Aboriginal Affairs
- Worimi (Australian people) -- New South Wales -- Biography
- Civil service -- New South Wales -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- New South Wales
- Aboriginal Australians -- Reservations -- New South Wales -- Murrin Bridge -- History
- Employment - Discrimination
- Crime - Bushrangers and outlaws
- Politics and Government - Civil rights and citizenship
- Environment - Climate and weather - Storms - Cyclones
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Sites - Stone arrangements
- Occupations - Public servants
- Social welfare - Administration - Welfare officers
- Social identity - Mixed descent
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- History - Biographies
- Race relations - Racial discrimination
- Worimi / Gadang / Kattang people (E2) (NSW SI56-02)
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Religion - Rites
- Sport - Boxing
- Settlement and contacts - Government settlements, reserves
- Education - Schools
- Material culture
- Government policy - Commonwealth
- Land rights - Handbacks
- Worimi / Gadang / Kattang language (E2) (NSW SI56-02)
- Australia -- Race relations
- Brewarrina (N NSW SH55-06)
- Port Macquarie (NSW N Coast SH56-14)
- Canberra (ACT SI55-16)
- Lake Cargelligo (SW NSW SI55-06)
- Purfleet (Taree, NSW N Coast SH56-14)
- Karuah (NSW N Coast SI56-02)
- Darwin (NT Top End SD52-04)
- Sydney (NSW SI56-05)
- Walgett (N NSW SH55-11)
- Cabbage Tree Island (NSW N Coast SH56-03)
- Newcastle (NSW N Coast SI56-02)
- Port Stephens (NSW N Coast SI56-02)
- Murrin Bridge (SW NSW SI55-06)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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