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'Dog Ear Cafe is a true-life adventure story about how one Aboriginal community beat the odds and defeated petrol sniffing. It tells of the Mt Theo Petrol Sniffing Program: a story of culture clash, of two lines of fire that meet in the desert night, of partnerships that cross Australia's racial divide. Woven throughout are humour, taboos, bush mechanics, hope and tragedy. In a colloquial and narrative manner, this book invites the reader to a deeper analysis of the assumptions behind white and black economics, indigenous alcoholism, welfare dependency and the failure of well intended policy and programs. Hidden in the subtext is a mud map for reproducing successful partnerships with indigenous Australians. The Mt Theo Program was founded in 1994, when half the teenage population of Yuendumu were sniffing. Eight years later no one sniffed, and ex-sniffers had become youth leaders and community workers. The elders of Mt Theo used their traditional bush knowledge to turn lives around.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: To my beautiful and much loved daughters Jessie and Deua
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For further information on the Mt Theo Program, see the program's website: http://www.mttheo.org/home/
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Dog Ear Café by Andrew Stojanovski
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , September 2010;
— Review of Dog Ear Cafe 2010 single work autobiography -
In Short : Nonfiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 September 2010; (p. 39)
— Review of The Last Intellectuals : Essays on Writers and Politics 2010 selected work criticism review correspondence obituary ; Dog Ear Cafe 2010 single work autobiography -
Off the Shelf : Memoir
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 September 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Dog Ear Cafe 2010 single work autobiography
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Off the Shelf : Memoir
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 September 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Dog Ear Cafe 2010 single work autobiography -
In Short : Nonfiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 September 2010; (p. 39)
— Review of The Last Intellectuals : Essays on Writers and Politics 2010 selected work criticism review correspondence obituary ; Dog Ear Cafe 2010 single work autobiography -
Dog Ear Café by Andrew Stojanovski
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , September 2010;
— Review of Dog Ear Cafe 2010 single work autobiography
Last amended 29 Mar 2016 13:00:31
Subjects:
- Yuendumu, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory,
- 1994-1999
- 2000s
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