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Mary Anne Jebb is an Adjunct Fellow attached to the Department of History at the University of Western Australia, and works as a consultant in history and cultural heritage for a variety of Aboriginal community groups throughout the state. She is author of the Ernest Scott Prize-winning Blood, Sweat and Welfare, a history of pastoral relationships in the Kimberley, edited Emerarra with the late Ngaranyin elder Morndi Munro, and published numerous articles principally on the history of Aboriginal and European relations in Western Australia. She has been retained as cultural and historical exhibits curator with the Mowanjum community near Derby, and works on various other historical projects aimed at recording Aboriginal local histories. (Source: Making Australian History : Perspectives on the Past Since 1788)

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y separately published work icon Mowanjum : 50 Years Community History Mowanjum : Mowanjum Aboriginal Community , 2008 Z1573548 2008 anthology lyric/song prose poetry interview life story Mowanjum Aboriginal Community decided to share their stories, Wandjina traditions and tell 'of their journey from their homelands in the north Kimberley to Derby where Worrorra [Worora], Ngarinyin and Wunambal peoples established Mowanjun Community in 1956...The book is a commemoration of the strength of spirit of past community members and an expression of confidence in the future.' (Source: Mowanjum: 50 Years Community History, 2008)
2009 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — West Australian History
y separately published work icon Mowanjum : 50 Years Community History Mowanjum : Mowanjum Aboriginal Community , 2008 Z1573548 2008 anthology lyric/song prose poetry interview life story Mowanjum Aboriginal Community decided to share their stories, Wandjina traditions and tell 'of their journey from their homelands in the north Kimberley to Derby where Worrorra [Worora], Ngarinyin and Wunambal peoples established Mowanjun Community in 1956...The book is a commemoration of the strength of spirit of past community members and an expression of confidence in the future.' (Source: Mowanjum: 50 Years Community History, 2008)
2009 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — West Australian History
y separately published work icon Blood, Sweat and Welfare : A History of White Bosses and Aboriginal Pastoral Workers Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2002 8529994 2002 single work criticism

'When Europeans first arrived in the Kimberley, a turbulent era began for the Indigenous people. To survive, they aligned themselves with white men through unspoken and unequal contracts of ownership and protection.'

'Aboriginal men were forced to fight for their own women, children and resources, and many were driven away from pastoral stations or gaoled. Until 1968, when equal wages were finally granted, black pastoral workers received only a pocket money allowance and rations. By then the stations no longer sustained them, and Aboriginal people gradually moved towards towns and reserves, where Welfare and Social Security became their only means of survival.'

'In this absorbing study, survivors of this devastating time speak openly to Mary Anne Jebb about first contact between blacks and whites, the arrival of Welfare, and the demise of pastoralism in the northern ranges. Alongside their oral testimonies, the author draws on a range of written archives to explore what really happened during the settlement of the Kimberley.' (Source: Publisher's website)
2001 winner Australian Historial Association Centenary of Federation Award
2001 winner Western Australian History Foundation Award
2004 winner The Australian Historical Association Awards — W. K. Hancock Prize
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