An edition of Crossed tracks on Ngurra Mala, ownership and dispossession requests and resilience at the centre of the Northern Territory of Australia
(2019)
Crossed tracks on Ngurra Mala, ownership and dispossession requests and resilience at the centre of the Northern Territory of Australia
told from written records and conversations with the peoples of Marlinja - Newcastle Waters and Kulumindini - Elliott
by Wolfe, Jackie Jacqueline Susan
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Crossed tracks on Ngurra Mala, ownership and dispossession requests and resilience at the centre of the Northern Territory of Australia: told from written records and conversations with the peoples of Marlinja - Newcastle Waters and Kulumindini - Elliott
2019, Historical Society of the Northern Territory Inc.
in English
1925800121 9781925800128
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Table of Contents
Caution, Dedication, Thanks
Appreciation
Illustration List
Part I Voices: Who tells the stories of Crossed Tracks: Tracks
Fine you write down our other stories
What this Kardeba had previously learned
The search for stories of Crossed Tracks
Voices raised - voices heard.
Part II Ownership and Dispossession: Where Tracks cross:
Tracks
New tracks
The Overland Telegraph Line
Establishing the Track
This country
The peoples of this country Ngurra Mala
Living in country
Establishing pastoral stations
Where cattle are king
Tracks for cattle: The Travelling Stock Routes
Where Tracks Cross - the ridge becomes a town
Who Owns This country
Aboriginal 'Ownership' and responsibilities
New 'Owners' of the land and their responsibilities
Those who choose to stay on their country
A reserve on this country for its people
Workers in cattle
Station time: living conditions of workers in the cattle
So many Aboriginals living at Newcastle Waters Station and in the town
The Ration Station and the Aboriginal Aged and Infirm Camp
From working as unpaid labour to receiving Aboriginal wages
Aboriginal Trust Accounts - or stolen wages
Government benefits claimed or not claimed
The Full Award Wage will be paid - but
In Two Years' time
When Track Diverge
Newcastle Waters town - on the country known as Marlinja
The town of Elliott - on country known as Kulumindini
The Walk Offs
How the pastoral industry dealt with those'practical matters'
From station camp to town camp
Crossed tracks at Marlinja - Newcastle Waters and Kulumindini - Elliott.
Part III Requests and Resilience: The petition: your assurance that our tribe will not be disbanded would be appreciated:
The Petition
The Aboriginal camp in the town of Newcastle Waters
The Aboriginal camp at Newcastle Waters station
Pastoral station camps in the mid 1940s
The Newcastle Waters Station camp in the early 1950s
Newcastle Waters Station camp in February 1952
Newcastle Waters township camps
The Ration Depot and Aboriginal Aged and Infirm Camp
Aboriginal camps in the town of Elliott
Recurring problems - recurring solutions
Absorption or dispersal: the official position
Patrol Officer Bray's report on the Petitioners and the Petition
Bray's addendum on the water supply matter
Director Moy's solution
The follow-up
Other solutions to continuing problems
Solidarity and some outside help
Decision-making from a distance
Respectful naming
Respect for the names of places
Respect for people's names
Elliott: focal point for Central Australia or shanty town for all
The disruption of war
Early applications for land at Elliott
Elliott will become the focal point for Central Australia
More interest in lots and the public auction
Interest from religious denominations
An Aboriginal compound in Elliott
The cost of developing a new town
Development of the town has not been along the lines anticipated
Emergent issues
Elliott is speedily developing into a shanty town
Where basic modern essential are non-existent
The town of Elliott and the major stock routes
Elliott has tow or three broken wheels
Another request for electricity to no effect
A suitable site for native community
A blacks camp has been formed at Elliott township
Solutions proposed
Locations where natives might be permitted to live
A location for an Aboriginal camp in Elliott
Camp designated - no huts, no services, no facilities
Living in North camp
Public servants look back
Respectfully yours - a critical commentary
Requests, indifference, rejections
Read and heed this cautionary tale
To Deny equal opportunities would be un-Australian: two communities - two schools
A school at Newcastle Waters would have quite a good attendance
Schooling for Aboriginal children
A school for Aboriginal children in Newcastle Waters
A school opens, closes and reopens in Elliott
A subsidised transportation service
School integration
A colour bar in Elliott
Health and related concerns
Strong and divided opinions - from a distance
He would not take her away from school no matter what happened
With hindsight - responses to change
Readiness for this assimilation business
How educational systems may reinforce racial and social divided
A fair go for our people: the Newcastle Waters stockworkers' walk-off
The build-up
They got Ward's wages not Award wages
Those for and those against and equal wage
The slow worker designation
And three years to wait
We want proper money and not bin wait three years
Head stockman and strike leader Captain Major
Roy Edwards: 'Bout best boss I ever work for
A fair go for our people and myself
Captain Major and District Welfare Officer Cooke talk to station owner Roy Edwards
The Newcastle Waters stockworkers Walk-Off and Strike
Official responses - official responsibilities
One small victory
The strikers respond to reality
At Union Camp
The national aftermath
The Gurindji strike at Wave Hill
The Land Rights Agenda in the Northern Territory
Better wages - pastoral industry changes
No formal education and few technical skills
The future in a town camp
District Welfare Officer Cooke's reappraisal of owner-manager Roy Edwards
Land Rights
Marlinja on Union Paddock
Kulumindini at Elliott
Resilience: finding and using their voice again
Rough Tracks: challenges for Elliott - Kulumindini organisations:
No organisation - no voice
Eilliott's first Progress Association
Town camp needs - town core expectations
Elliott's Aboriginal camps in the mid 1970s
The Aborigines Progress and Housing Association serves Elliott's town camps
The Housing Association's limited role
Management matters
A housing disaster
Gross dereliction of duty
The Elliott District Progress Association
Elliott Progress Association achievements
From the Elliott Progress Association to the Elliott - Kulumindini Progress Association
Serious business for the Elliott-Kulumindini Progress Association
The recurring problem of grog
Recurring deplorable camp conditions
Recurring health hazards from the stockyards
Two Associations discuss housing and related matters
Common concerns - no improvements
Jurisdictional confusion
Elliott and District Community Government Council under consideration
Elliott District Community Government Council established
Elliott Community Government Council in action
Elliott business enterprises
Who benefits from community government activities
Civic pride
Elliott community government under scrutiny
The puzzle of not-so-effective council representation
Perhaps a matter of literacy and numeracy
Perhaps a matter of language
Aboriginal community decision-making
Complex and contentious meaning of community
Very rough tracks: Elliott-Kulumindini councils compete and conflict
Permanent place to live or transient camp
Governance options in small Northern Territory towns
The case for a new Aboriginal organisation in Kulumindini-Elliott
Gurungu Council established
All we ever asked was what do you people want
We live the problems - we see them every day
Gurungu Council's big agenda
Gurungu Council's actions
Competition and conflict between Elliott-Kulumindini's organisations
TCHIP - Commonwealth and Territory dollars for town camp housing
Territory Legislature discusses a TCHIP program for Elliott
The need for housing in Elliott is almost legend
Not a case of a few whinging aboriginals
Perspectives on the role of the Elliott Community Government Council
One responsible and legitimate community organisation argument wins
Gurungu Council achievements and continuing challenges
Community leadership in Kulumindini-Elliott
What to celebrate in 1988?
The 40,000 year celebration
Reflections on appropriate governance and appropriate supports
The need for housing in Elliott is almost legend - history repeats itself
Serving communities through innovative education: the Newcastle Waters and Elliott-Kulumindini schools in the late 1980s:
Changes at Newcastle Waters Station
Two communities - two very different schools
The Newcastle Waters school in 1990
More changes for the Marlinja-Newcastle Waters school
From teacher to principal
The Kulumindini-Elliott school in 1990
Standing strong: the Kardeba - Mungara Bi-Cultural Program
Community's expectations of the school
The school's expectations of the community
On a firm track
Who sets educational and related goals?
The value of two-way education
Vibrancy and hope:
Town and country
The Open College of Kulumindi-Elliott
Ngurra mala - places of the Dreaming
Rain dance, Rain dance, Sing me a rain
Kulumindini video
Singing the language and the law
Recording song lines
Language and bush knowledge
Learning by choosing and doing: good strong furniture and house repairs
A place for women
Craft production and sales
Training for Kulumindini-Elliott's teachers
Vital homemakers
Open College opens up opportunities for all
You're not useless
Fulfilling Gurungu Councils' demanding agenda
Sustaining hope - sustaining resilience
But for how long
Too distant and too small
Parks in Kulumindini-Elliott
The scourge of renal failure and heart disease
Frack the rock - crack the community
The cumulative impact of multiple external agendas
Knowing neglect - persistent and pervasive disadvantage
Creativity and resilience
Recognition of Crossed Tracks on Ngurra Mala.
Part IV The Nature of Memory:
Sources, stories told and voices heard
Aboriginal memory: Songlines and Genealogy
The strength of community memory
The fragility of community memory
Short-term public memory
Institutional memory
The value of the archival record - memory stored
Details in the written record
The local story in archives and other places
Voices: When people tell their story
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Glossary of Australian terms.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliography: pages 243-256.
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