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Noonkanbah, whose land, whose law / Steve Hawke and Michael Gallagher. (1989)

Authors:	Hawke, Steve., Gallagher, Michael., Hawke, Steve, Gallagher, Michael
Publisher:	Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press,
Uniqueness:	There are 101 copies of this book in other libraries and 96 copies of this specific edition.
Subjects:	Aborigines, Australian -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Biography. Noonkanbah / Yungngora (WA West Kimberley SE51-12) Aboriginal Australians -- Politics and government. Grundeigentum. Amax Exploration (Australia) Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Noonkanbah -- Land tenure. Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia -- Noonkanbah -- History. Yangura (Australian people) -- Land tenure. Yangura (Australian people) -- Politics and government. Erdölindustrie. Yangura. Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Noonkanbah. Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia -- Noonkanbah -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Noonkanbah -- History. Passive resistance -- Western Australia -- Noonkanbah. Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Noonkanbah -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Western Australia -- Noonkanbah. Mines and mineral resources -- Social aspects -- Western Australia -- Noonkanbah. Fitzroy Crossing (WA West Kimberley SE51-12) Noonkanbah. Passive resistance - Western Australia - Noonkanbah Aboriginal Australians - Western Australia - Noonkanbah Aboriginal Australians - Western Australia - Noonkanbah - Government relations Aboriginal Australians - Western Australia - Noonkanbah - History
Author:	Hawke, Steve.
Content Types:	text
Carrier Types:	volume
Physical Description:	351 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Summary:	The Noonkanbah drama from the Aboriginal viewpoint; the struggle to defend a particular piece of sacred ground against a proposed oil well, which involved the Noonkanbah people, the miners and the Western Australian Government; Amax; land rights; mining.
Contents:	Includes index. More... More...
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Bibliography: p. 329-336. Copy 2 -donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Signed by the author.
Language:	English
ISBN:	0949206555 (pbk.)
Dewey Number:	323.1/19915
Libraries Australia ID:	22514260 22514260
Contributed by:	Libraries Australia

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