I'm the one that know this country! / by Jessie Lennon ; compiled and edited by Michele Madigan.
I'm the one that know this country! / by Jessie Lennon ; compiled and edited by Michele Madigan.
I'm the one that know this country! / by Jessie Lennon ; compiled and edited by Michele Madigan.
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Publisher
Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2011.
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Call Numbers
305.89915/447 , G 2022/3832
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xvi, 159 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1. Kingoonya: early life -- 2. Travelling: learning from the old people -- 3. Coober Pedy: 'I grow up here' -- 4. Epic journey: 'that's our honeymoon trip' -- 5. Settling down: going for opal -- 6. Displaced: 'the bomb caught us' -- 7. Drifting: 'everything went funny then' -- 8. Going home: 'I got...
Publication information
Publisher
Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2011.
Edition
Second edition.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
2011.
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Access Conditions
Culturally sensitive
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Summary
"Matutjara woman, Jessie Lennon, was born on a sheep station near Kingoonya in the 1920s. Aged six, she accompanied her father on a ceremonial journey with the Old People, as far west as Ooldea, in the time of Daisy Bates, and north to Coober Pedy, then a fledgling opal-mining settlement. [...] In the 1950s, Jessie and her family were ́caught by t...
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Full title
I'm the one that know this country! / by Jessie Lennon ; compiled and edited by Michele Madigan.
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Notes
General note
South Australian suburb and town history
Previous edition: 2000.
Additional material by Anne Johnson, Coober Pedy Historical Society.
Individual essay: The long-lasting legacy of Maralinga / by Maggie Brady.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
305.89915/447 , G 2022/3832
Record Identifier
74VKzeyA3aoy
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzeyA3aoy
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780855757199 (paperback)
DDC
305.89915094238
MMS ID
991023619029702626
