Author : Derek John Mulvaney
Publisher : Aboriginal Studies Press
ISBN 13 : 0855754567
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (557 download)
Book Synopsis Paddy Cahill of Oenpelli by : Derek John Mulvaney
Download or read book Paddy Cahill of Oenpelli written by Derek John Mulvaney and published by Aboriginal Studies Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paddy Cahill of Oenpelli is the story of a unique twentieth-century Territorian. At times a racehorse owner and jockey, a buffalo-hunter and pastoralist, Paddy Cahills contribution to Northern Territory life also includes farming on his Oenpelli property. Here he experimented in growing a range of fruit and vegetables while employing Aboriginal workers, farming and helping run the property. A colourful writer, his letters to Baldwin Spencer, from which Spencer drew much information for his own now-famous writings, form the basis for this examination of a rugged frontiersman, including his relationship with the Northern Territory Aboriginal peoples; their languages and culture.