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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 King Brown Country : The Betrayal of Papunya
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''Why don't you check out Papunya? It's the sniffing capital of Australia, it's a Bermuda triangle for taxpayer funds. Nobody in the NT government gives a rats. The council just tossed out World Vision. People are frightened to talk.''

'For award-winning journalist Russell Skelton a five year journey of inquiry that coincided with one of the biggest shifts in indigenous policy in Australian history began on the day he received this email. Set with the backdrop of Papunya, a Northern Territory Aboriginal community whose history showed so much promise but whose dysfunction is now more prominent that its famous artwork, this is a book that had to be written.'

'Digging down into the core of indigenous issues today, Skelton exposes unmitigated misery, shocking levels of neglect and the devastating consequences of substance abuse. But above all, he reveals how systematic failure of indigenous policy betrayed a once secure community. He also introduces us to Alison Anderson, the woman whose presence has so dominated Papunya and the politics of the Northern Territory'

'King Brown Country is a powerful and shaming portrait of a community in crisis. Papunya remains an emblem for the failure of all Australians to come to terms with the continent's oldest inhabitants. ' (Source: Publishers website)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Scribe , 2006 .
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      Extent: 160p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliography
      ISBN: 9781921215087 (pbk), 1921215089
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2010 .
      Extent: xiii, 245p.
      Description: illus. (some col.)
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliography

        Recommended course reading EDUC 3001 2010

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Works about this Work

Let's See These Yarns up on the Big Screen Katina Vangopoulos , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: NT News , 23 January 2016; (p. 20) NT News , 29 January 2016; (p. 34)
Let's See These Yarns up on the Big Screen Katina Vangopoulos , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: NT News , 23 January 2016; (p. 20) NT News , 29 January 2016; (p. 34)
Last amended 4 May 2016 16:44:26
Subjects:
  • Papunya, South West Northern Territory, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory,
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