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E-book
Author McGrath, Ann, 1956- author.

Title Born in the cattle : aborigines in cattle country / Ann McGrath
Published Sydney ; Boston : Allen & Unwin, ©1987

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 200 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book
Summary This book tells the story of Aboriginal involvement in the northern cattle industry. It shows how the Aboriginal people excelled at this 'no shame job', how they incorporated it into their world, how they used it to stay on their own land with their kin. Combining new skills with old, they shaped a unique Aboriginal cattle country, and thereby made a major contribution to the economy of Australia's north
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History
Cowboys -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History
Cattle trade -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History
Ranch life -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Northern Territory
Aboriginal Australians
Cattle trade
Cowboys
Frontier and pioneer life
Ranch life
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania.
Northern Territory
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003363802
ISBN 0041500849
9780041500844
1742696589
9781742696584