Arabana and the Ghan
Duke, Michael2019
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The old Ghan was a magnificent feat of engineering, taking steam trains through an arid landscape from Adelaide to the centre of Australia. It was built and ran from 1884 to 1983. On Arabana land from Marree to Oodnadatta, that Aboriginal people helped survey then work upon the railway. They were fetters, gangers, locomotive engineers, yardmaster, train inspectors, train cleaners, shunters. They got equal pay from the 1920's, unlike most other Aboriginal people. The railway helped them to stay on country, transact traditional business but also leap into modernity. Their story belies the asssumption of universal dispossession and exclusion.
Main title:
Arabana and the Ghan / Michael Duke with an introduction by Aaron Stuart.
Author:
Imprint:
Redland bay, QLD : Connor Court, 2019
Collation:
238 pages : Illustrations, maps, photographs ; 20 cm
Notes:
Dr Michael Duke has worked with Aboriginal people from the 1980s. For this book he travelled the length and breadth of Australia to discover information on the Old Ghan and talk to the Arabana people about that aspect of their lives.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781925826289
Dewey class:
385.52
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
353788
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous | 385.52 DUK | Available |
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous | 385.52 DUK | Available |