| Description |
335 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. Enjoying the Journey -- 2. Kalumburu -- 3. Mary and Her House -- 4. The 'Indonesians' -- 5. The Explorers -- 6. The Juarinanda -- 7. Camden Harbour -- 8. The Pearlers -- 9. Narrin and the Pastoral Experience -- 10. The Missions -- 11. Beachcombers and Other Strays -- 12. The Japanese War -- 13. Return to Kinganna -- 14. Understandings, Old Ways and New -- 15. Our Lady's Feast Day |
| Summary |
"We Won the Victory tells the story of contact between the Aboriginal people of the north-west Kimberley coastal region and various intruders upon their land. These include 'Indonesian' fishermen, white explorers, pearlers, pastoralists, beachcombers, missionaries and the military. At the centre of the book are the Aboriginal stories of those events, but Ian Crawford also draws on written evidence to give context to the events." "In both Aboriginal and white accounts, actual events are generally agreed but the causes and motives of whites were interpreted by Aboriginal people in ways quite different to those in the white record. Often a basic Aboriginal conclusion was that white people were untrustworthy. For the author, understanding why Aborigines formed that view is important if Australians are to move on with the process of reconciliation." |
| Analysis |
Australian Aboriginal studies (Australia) |
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Aborigines, Australian (Western Australia, Kimberley) (History.) |
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Aborigines, Australian (Western Australia, Kimberley) (Treatment.) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Treatmrnt
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Social conditions
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Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- History
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Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) -- History.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) -- Social conditions.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
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| SUBJECT |
Kimberley Region (W.A.) -- History
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Kimberley (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82167172 -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552
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Kimberley (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82167172 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2001391214 |
| ISBN |
1863683445 : |
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