The two worlds of Jimmie Barker : the life of an Australian Aboriginal, 1900-1972 / as told to Janet Mathews
- Bib ID:
- 637681
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Barker, Jimmie, 1900-1972
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Description:
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- Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1988
- xiv, 221 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0855752033
- Summary:
-
Autobiography; life at Mundiwa, Milroy and Brewarrina Mission; Muruwari myths, beliefs, hunting and fishing; working conditions and treatment by townspeople and managers; policies of Aborigines Protection Board; place name and linguistic information for Muruwari and Ngiyampaa.
- Notes:
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- Previous ed.: Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1977.
- Map on lining papers.
- Subject:
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- Barker, Jimmie, 1900-1972
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Brewarrina -- History -- 20th century
- Muruwari (Australian people) -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Treatment
- Muruwari / Murrawarri language (D32) (NSW SH55-06)
- Race relations - Racism - Stereotyping
- Muruwari / Murrawarri people (D32) (NSW SH55-06)
- Hunting
- Ngiyambaa / Ngemba language (D22) (NSW SH55-10)
- Stories and motifs
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Employment - Conditions
- Fishing
- History - Biographies - Indigenous - Autobiographies
- Government policy - State and territory - New South Wales
- Race relations - Violent
- Government policy - Assimilation
- Ngiyampaa / Ngemba people (D22) (NSW SH55-10)
- Brewarrina (N.S.W.) -- History -- 20th century
- Brewarrina (N NSW SH55-06)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Mathews, Janet
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2038 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1988
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