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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 An Intruder's Guide to East Arnhem Land
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'Andrew McMillan's An Intruder's Guide To East Arnhem Land is part history, part journalism, part literature, part love story with a people and a place. The writing is both edgy and contemporary; a narrative of history in remote Australia where the echoes of the past continue to resonate with us today. Passionate, sensitive, witty and surprising, this book will give you a sense of Australia and national identity you have never known before.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication: For my mother Lorna and my aunts Melva, Merle and Dorothy and the good souls with the patience to introduce intruders to new country.
  • 'Arnhem Land: where the first (or even second or third) language is not English and you need to ask permission before travelling across country; where you have to demonstrate respect and observation of the laws of the land and its peoples but none of it is written down. After a lifetime of growing up in Australia it feels eerily like foreign travel - but without ever leaving the country. Andrew McMillan has spent decades visiting Arnhem Land, meeting, talking but mainly listening to people in a place that few outsiders visit. This book offers a unique insight.' (From the foreword by Mickey Dewar.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Duffy and Snellgrove , 2001 .
      Extent: ix, 339p.p.
      Description: illus., map
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliographical references: p. 335-339.
      ISBN: 1875989811 (pbk.)
    • Nightcliff, Darwin, Darwin area, Northern Territory,: Niblock , 2007 .
      Extent: 311p.
      Edition info: New and rev. ed.
      Description: map
      Reprinted: 2008
      Note/s:
      • Preface by Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gunyangara.
      ISBN: 9780980390414 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

Untitled Sylvia Alston , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , March vol. 34 no. 1 2010; (p. 109-110)
— Review of An Intruder's Guide to East Arnhem Land Andrew McMillan , 2001 single work prose
Welcome Intruder Ben Langford , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Northern Territory News , 5 February 2009; (p. 1, 15)
Armchair Traveller Bruce Elder , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 July 2008; (p. 5)
— Review of An Intruder's Guide to East Arnhem Land Andrew McMillan , 2001 single work prose
Armchair Traveller Bruce Elder , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 July 2008; (p. 5)
— Review of An Intruder's Guide to East Arnhem Land Andrew McMillan , 2001 single work prose
Untitled Sylvia Alston , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , March vol. 34 no. 1 2010; (p. 109-110)
— Review of An Intruder's Guide to East Arnhem Land Andrew McMillan , 2001 single work prose
Welcome Intruder Ben Langford , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Northern Territory News , 5 February 2009; (p. 1, 15)
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Awards

2009 inaugural winner Territory Read Book of the Year For the 2007 Niblock publication.
2008 shortlisted Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award For the 2007 Niblock publication.
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Last amended 4 Jun 2020 08:15:55
Subjects:
  • East Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
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