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2004, pb, 270x205mm, 320pp,
RRP $45.00 incl. GST
ISBN (10)
0 85575 456 7
ISBN (13)
978 0 85575 456 3
Contents
Sample Chapter
Index
Inspection Copy
Ordering
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Paddy Cahill of Oenpelli
MULVANEY, John
Winner of the Northern Territory Chief Minister's History Book Prize, 2004
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Paddy Cahill of Oenpelli is the story of a unique twentieth-century Territorian. At times a racehorse owner and jockey, a buffalo-hunter and pastoralist, Paddy Cahill’s contribution to Northern Territory life also includes farming on his Oenpelli property. Here he experimented in growing a range of fruit and vegetables while employing Aboriginal workers, farming and helping run the property.
A colourful writer, his letters to Baldwin Spencer, from which Spencer drew much information for his own now-famous writings, form the basis for this examination of a rugged frontiersman, including his relationship with the Northern Territory Aboriginal peoples; their languages and culture.
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