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A town is born, the Fitzroy Crossing story, Steve Hawke

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A town is born, the Fitzroy Crossing story, Steve Hawke

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A town is born

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bibliography

Responsibility statement

Steve Hawke

Sub title

the Fitzroy Crossing story

Summary

"The 1960s are remembered as a time of change and upheaval throughout the Western world, including Australia. No part of the country changed more in that decade than the remote pastoral regions of the north. But in these tropical parts the winds of change did not bring the anti-war movement, the counterculture, feminism, or the other issues that preoccupied the cities. Rather, they blew down an industry, a regime, a culture that for the best part of a century had thrived on a semi-feudal system of co-dependence between the all-powerful station bosses, and large communities of unpaid Aboriginal workers and their families. This is the story of a remarkable town born out of trauma, dispossession and hard times that has developed a unique community spirit."--Back cover

Table Of Contents

Foreword -- The storytellers -- Preface -- Introduction -- One. Fitzroy Crossing 1965 -- Two. The beginnings -- Three. The early days -- Four. The desert mob -- Five. Welfare law, wet season law -- Six. The first winds of change -- Seven. The good old days -- Eight. Missionaries and citizens -- Nine. Travelling men -- Ten. A lot of changes -- Eleven. You don't tell me what to do -- Twelve. An unwritten law no more -- Thirteen. The storm clouds build -- Fourteen. Like a refugee camp -- Fifteen. No going back -- Sixteen. Can you help us to work on our own -- Seventeen. A power to start facing people -- Eighteen. Really strong leaders -- Nineteen. A family town

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Story of Fitzroy Crossing

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