WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL Biography –

“Queensland and placement at Mapoon Mission; movement through mission employment to north-west Kimberley; life on Kunmunya Mission (WA); the mission lugger travelling between the islands and isolated communities of the north-west coast; retracing and reclaiming the family’s connection to Cape York Penninsula.” 

• 1. Mapoon Mission Station
• 2. The Move to the West
• 3. Kunmunya
• 4. Life on the Mission
• 5. The Loss of Our Mother
• 6. Raising Sisters and a Brother
• 7. Last years at Kunmunya
• 8. The War Years
• 9. The Byford Home
• 10. Back to the Kimberley
• 11. Broome
• 12. Return to Derby
• 13. The Death of Gregory
• 14. Work and Recuperation
• 15. Times of Change
• 16. Dickie’s Death
• 17. Some Big Moves
• 18. Grandad Passes On
• 19. Djarworrada
• 20. Going the Full Circle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-320).

First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:

• Kunmunya (WA West Kimberley SE51-07)
• New Mapoon (Bamaga Qld Far North Cape York SC54-11)

Subject:

• D’Antoine family
• D’Antoine, Laurelle, 1929- — Family
• Aboriginal Australians — Genealogy
• Aboriginal Australians — Government relations
• Queensland — Genealogy
• Western Australia — Genealogy
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