FOREWORD; THE STORYTELLERS; PREFACE; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: FITZROY CROSSING 1965; CHAPTER TWO: THE BEGINNINGS; CHAPTER THREE: THE EARLY DAYS; CHAPTER FOUR: THE DESERT MOB; CHAPTER FIVE: WELFARE LAW, WET SEASON LAW; CHAPTER SIX: THE FIRST WINDS OF CHANGE; CHAPTER SEVEN: THE GOOD OLD DAYS; CHAPTER EIGHT: MISSIONARIES AND CITIZENS; CHAPTER NINE: TRAVELLING MEN; CHAPTER TEN: A LOT OF CHANGES; CHAPTER ELEVEN: YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO; CHAPTER TWELVE: AN UNWRITTEN LAW NO MORE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE STORM CLOUDS BUILD; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: LIKE A REFUGEE CAMP
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: NO GOING BACKCHAPTER SIXTEEN: CAN YOU HELP USTO WORK ON OUR OWN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: A POWERTO START FACING PEOPLE; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: REALLY STRONG LEADERS; CHAPTER NINETEEN: A FAMILY TOWN; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ENDNOTES; Picture Credits
Summary
In the course of a couple of years the township of Fitzroy Crossing in the remote Kimberley changed from a tiny frontier outpost, to a refugee camp with hundreds of people living in fringe camps in third world conditions. From this maelstrom a unique community emerged, with a strong ethos of cooperation and support amongst the various peoples of the Fitzroy Valley
