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Author McMillan, Andrew, 1957-2012, author

Title An intruder's guide to East Arnhem Land / Andrew McMillan
Edition New and revised edition
Published Nightcliff, N.T. : Niblock Publishing, 2007
©2007

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Description 311 pages. ; 20 cm
regular print
Summary This is a fascinating account of black-white encounters in the Northern Territory, on Groote Eylandt and the nearby mainland, from the beginning. Andrew McMillan has lived in the Territory since 1988 and through Aboriginal friends has learnt about a region little known to outsiders. Drawing on his own first-hand experiences and numerous historical sources, this story of contact covers the Indonesian trepang fishermen of the past, the incursions by pearlers, prospectors, cattlemen and punitive expeditions early in the twentieth century, the impact of missionaries, the killing of Japanese fishermen in the 1930s, the flying boat bases of World War II, and the rise of mining, land rights and the land councils. Despite these incursions, the Aboriginal inhabitants of east Arnhem Land have been less affected by white society than those in most other parts of Australia. This is a moving and exciting story of warfare, loss, social and cultural struggle, and renewal
Analysis Australian Aboriginal studies
Social history (Australia,Northern Territory)
Notes Previous ed: Duffy & Snellgrove, 2001
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-309)
Notes 2009 winner of NT book of the year
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
Acculturation -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- History.
Anindilyakwa (Australian people) -- History
Yolngu (Australian people) -- History.
Yolngu (Australian people) -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- History.
Yolngu (Australian people) -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Social conditions.
SUBJECT Arnhem Land (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007377 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237
Arnhem Land (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007377 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
Arnhem Land (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007377 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Arnhem Land (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007377 -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552
Northern Territory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035353 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Northern Territory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035353 -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 2008371617
ISBN 9780980390414 (paperback)
Other Titles East Arnhem Land