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Born in the Cattle : Aborigines in Cattle Country by Ann McGrath; American Council of Learned Societies is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Born in the Cattle : Aborigines in Cattle Country about?

The story of Aboriginal involvement in the Australia's cattle industry. The Aboriginal stockman in cowboy hat, brightly coloured shirt, jeans and riding boots, is a familiar sight in much of outback Australia. Yet, white Australia has largely excluded Aborigines - men and women - from its national legends. Born in the Cattle tells the story of Aboriginal involvement in the northern cattle industry. It shows how the Aboriginal people excelled at this 'no shame job', how they incorporated it into their world, how they used it to stay on their own land with their kin. Combining new skills with old, they shaped a unique Aboriginal cattle country - and thereby made a major contribution to the economy of Australia's north. Using oral evidence which enables Aboriginal perspectives to emerge in a way not previously possible, Born in the Cattle is a major work of social history, the first to describe the texture of everyday life and work in the outback north before World War II. The story begins with the battle for the waterholes, describes the skills the Aboriginal people brought to work with cattle, reveals for the first time the important role of Aboriginal women, and explores in a n

Who reads Born in the Cattle : Aborigines in Cattle Country?

Author

Ann McGrath; American Council of Learned Societies

Publisher

Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9780041500844

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities