Very Big Journey book week Born at the end of

Born at the end of the 19th Century when the Western world had scarcely touched Arnhem Land

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Wemba Wemba and Nyeri Nyeri [Yerri-Yerri] peoples

Chapter 3: The Aboriginal Land Rights Act: politics and the art of the possible

Very Big Journey book week Born at the end ofHilda Muir was born on the very frontier of modern Australia, near the outback town of Borroloola in the Northern Territory in about 1920. Her early life was spent roaming the Gulf Country on foot, hunting and gathering with her family. Her mother was a Yanyuwa person, and so was Hilda. Known to the clan as 'Jarman', it mattered little that her father was an unknown white man. This small girl had a name, a loving family, and a secure Aboriginal