ABORIGINAL WEST AUSTRALIA –

It’s Broome, 2010. Nyikina man Wayne Bergmann has just received a death threat. His wife has watched a friend cross the road to avoid speaking with her. His children are subject to intense schoolyard bullying. Bergmann, a boilermaker by trade, and lawyer, is chief executive of the Kimberley Land Council during the controversial James Price Point gas hub negotiations. It’s an event that will tear the Broome community apart. Wayne’s story starts on Nyikina country and encompasses backbreaking station work, buried treasure, a Swedish bone thief and traditional magic love songs. His is an electrifying tale of resilience, determination and optimism, which shows what it takes to be an Aboriginal person walking in two cultures in a country where racism runs deep.

• Bergmann, Wayne
• Bergman family
• Kimberley Land Council (W.A.)
• Aboriginal Australians — Australia — Kimberley (W.A.) — Biography
• Liquefied natural gas industry — Western Australia — James Price Point
• Ranch life — Australia — Kimberley (W.A.)
• Welders (Persons) — Australia — Kimberley (W.A.) — Biography
• Biography: general
• First Edition pp. 223 #290126