The passion of Private White / Don Watson.
Publication details: Pymble, NSW : Simon & Schuster Australia, 2022.Description: 326 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, 24 pages of plates ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781760855079
- 1760855073
- Watson, Don, 1949-
- White, Neville
- Watson, Don, 1949- -- Friends and associates
- Cultural policies and debates
- Relating to Australian Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders
- Historical fiction
- Anthropologists -- Australia -- Biography
- Veterans -- Australia -- Biography
- Yolngu (Australian people) -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Social life and customs
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Social life and customs
- Yolngu (Australian people) -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land Region -- Social life and customs
- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Social conditions
- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Social life and customs
- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Biography
- Australia -- History
- Australia -- Social conditions
- Australian
- History (Australia)
- All Australian Indigenous Material (Australia)
- Biography & Memoir (Australia)
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 994 WAT | Available | 071104 |
Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain names, recordings, images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within these works which reflect the author?s attitude, or that of the period in which the works were created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.
Permission to reproduce scenes and dialogue from Kim McKenzie's The spear in the stone (1983) was granted by Ronin Films and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. -- imprint.
Includes bibliographical references.
From the bestselling author of The Bush, the story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and a remote Aboriginal tribe: a miniature epic of human adaptation, suffering and resilience.
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