WEST AUSTRALIANA Aboriginal –

In 1983 the three authors of this book undertook a journey into Roebuck Plains, an area in the north of Western Australia which takes its name from a ship which was sailed into the region in 1699 by the European explorer, William Dampier. It was then, and until less than a century ago, inhabited by Aboriginal people. Today the plains form part of a pastoral lease, and no Aboriginals live there. Map Tribal Areas of the West Kimberley. 280 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 21 cm.

Reading the Country is a journey into Roebuck Plains, near Broome in Australia’s far north-west; it is an exploration of the meaning of place, an attempt to chart the relationships between people and those specific places in which they must find a place to live. It is a journey through landscape into language and ideas, and personal and cultural location.

“You people try and dig little more deep
you been diggin only white soil
try and find the black soil inside.” Paddy Roe

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(Library stamp on prelim, some discolouration corner edges of prelims. Otherwise Very Good) SCARCE
Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Roebuck Plains. | Geographical perception. | Nomads — Western Australia — Roebuck Plains. | Roebuck Plains (W.A.) — Maps, Mental.