Regional Profile For Communities And Family Outstations Administered By The Urapuntja Council Aboriginal Inc Including Various Communities Within The Aherrenge Atnwengerrpe Regions

Author : Men and Women of Central Australia and the Central Land Council
Publisher : Hardie Grant Books
ISBN 13 : 1743583419
Total Pages : 913 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book Every hill got a story written by Men and Women of Central Australia and the Central Land Council and published by Hardie Grant Books. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every hill got a story is the first comprehensive history of Central Australia’s Aboriginal people, as told in their own words and many languages. Nyinanyi ngurangka – being on country – is not a ‘lifestyle choice’ but a hard-won right, a spiritual and cultural duty, a constant battle, a source of happiness and opportunity and the meaning of life all at the same time. In this heartbreaking, funny and poignant collection, 127 eminent men and women remember surviving first contact, massacres and forced removals and resisting more than a century of top-down government policies. Their testimonies, some available as audio sound bites, paint an unflinchingly honest picture of life and work on the missions, cattle stations and fringes of towns. They speak eloquently of their struggle for self-determination and basic citizen rights. The storytellers also celebrate winning back ownership of more than 410,000 square kilometres of their ancestral lands. Key to this achievement, and deeply entwined with the lives of the storytellers and their families, is the Central Land Council. It is a Commonwealth statutory authority governed by 90 elected Aboriginal representatives. The CLC has protected the interests of Aboriginal people in the southern half of the Northern Territory since 1975 against ongoing threats to their rights. It supports them to manage their land and to use income from it to strengthen their communities and to achieve their social, cultural and economic aspirations. Through the CLC, the people and the land tell us of country where every hill got a story. For more information about the CLC and the oral history project that became Every hill got a story visit www.clc.org.au.