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ABC, 86 Aboriginal of the Year, 159–60 Life Matters program, 144 Aboriginality, proof of, 111 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aborigines’ Friends Association, 9 Commission (ATSIC), 111, 151 Aborigines’ Protection Board, Aboriginal Family History Unit, see Protector of Aborigines see South Australian Museum, abortions, 155, 185 Doreen’s employment at City Baths, 55 Aboriginal Health Agency, 116 Adelaide jail, 126 Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988, 43–4, Adelaide Review, 178–9 45, 152, 187 Adelaide University, see University Aboriginal Heritage Branch, 130–1 of Adelaide Aboriginal Housing Authority, 111 Adelaide Zoo, 78 Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement The Advertiser, 140, 165, 173 (ALRM/Legal Rights), 153, article on Doreen’s Honorary 157–8, 161 Doctorate, 172 Chapmans’ compensation case articles on remains found at lawyers, 196, 198, 202 Hindmarsh Island, 201–3 Charles, Chris, 26, 169 article on Una and Pat Rigney, 73 Doreen’s statement to Professor cartoon on ‘Politicians’ business’, Saunders, 67 167–8 Layton, Robyn, 169–70 interviews with Doreen, 43–4, Native Title Act meeting, 47 159–60 Native Title Unit, 135, 188, 194 James, Colin, 157–8, 168, 177 Royal Commission and Royal photos of Grandfather Gordon, Commission period, 175, 180, 183 122 Woolley Tim, 1, 26, 159; at Mount Agius, Josie, 137 House meeting, 150 Agius, Aunty Laura, 123 see also Fergie, Dr Deane; Saunders, Agius, Parry, 188 Sandra Agius, Rhonda, 158, 170

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Ngarrindjeri Council talks Sister McKenzie’s jumper, 61–3 with, 154 Raukkan, 9, 17, 18–19, 24 see also court cases shoes, 94 Charles, Chris, 26, 169 wedding dress, 95 Charleston, 70–7 Cockatoo-Collins, Che, 194 Cheltenham, 119–20 Colebrook Home, 29 Cherbourg, 126 Doris in, 50–2, 56–7, 95; Doreen’s Child Endowment, 20–1, 35, 53, visits, 60–1, 76–7 85, 108 Collett, Andrew, 169 Aborigines’ Protection Board use comb shears, 20 of, 36, 76 compensation case (von Doussa signing over to Aborigines’ judgment), 196–201, 202, 206 Protection Board, 32 conferences, 139, 143, 146 child removal, see Stolen Generation museum anthropologists (COMA), childhood, 4–25, 27–42, 114 125–6 children, see births; foster children; native title, 175 illegitimate children United States, 182 Christianity, see church and religion women’s, 136–7, 161–3, 182 Christmas Pageant, 56 Congregationalists, 80 church and religion, 31–2, 80–1, 174 Connie, see Kartinyeri, Connie; Catholics, 55–6 Roberts, Aunty Connie Doreen’s wedding, 95 Coober Pedy, 143, 146, 175 Fullarton Girls’ Home, 53–4 cooking, 8, 9, 10, 13, 18 Kartinyeri, Nanna Sally, 15, 33–4 Baroota, 146–7 Point Pearce, 96–7 taught by Aunty Rosie, 106 Poonindie, 15, 131 Coonalpyn, 77 Unaipon, Mainu David, 16 Coorong (Kurangk), 7–9, 54 see also Dreaming stories Ngurunderi story, 133–4 church and religion, Raukkan, plans for road down over, 158–9 4, 15–16, 18, 19, 80–1 Raukkan women going down Anzac memorial window, 16, 189 to, 100 hand-me-down clothing sales, 9 streams down around, 158 Nancy’s funeral, 24 summer holidays with Syd, 121 Church Home League, 19 see also Camp Coorong cinema, see movies Coral (granddaughter of Aunty Rosie Clark, Bert, 116, 117–18 Kropinyeri), 180 Clarke, Philip, 46, 128, 129, 133–4, Cornwillan, Samuel, 131 170, 193 Coulthard, Faith, 56, 60 field trips with, 128, 131–2, Country Women’s Association, 73 133, 139 court cases, 67, 160, 185 Royal Commission witness, 178 application to hand secret classification, 20–1 envelopes over, 169–70 Clayton, 191 challenging Royal Commission, clothing, 109, 197 175 debutante ball wear, 112 for compensation (von Doussa Fullarton Girls’ Home, 41, 51, 53, judgment), 196–201, 202, 206 54, 58, 60; after leaving, 70, 76 Cox Foyers, 70

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Dunstan, Don and Dunstan era, 46, family trees, see genealogies 111, 112, 162 family violence, 112–13 Dunstan, Gretel, 111 Fatt, Lillian, 143 feather flowers, 16, 17, 85, 125 Earl, Mr, 99, 104 making with Aunty Rosie, 91, Eddie, Pappa, 122–3 99–100 Eden Hills, see Colebrook Home Federal Court, see court cases Edinburgh University, 147, 203 Federal Parliament, tabling of secret Edith (cousin of Doreen), 64 envelopes in, 1–2, 26–7, 160–3, education, see schools and schooling 186 Edwards, Aunty Martha, 146, 190 affect on Ngarrindjeri women’s Edwards, Yvonne, 190 fertility, 202 electricity, 6, 91, 96 Weekend Australian interview after, Elphick, Aunty Gladdie, 46–7, 123 66–8 Elva (cousin of Doreen), 95 fences and fencing wire, 10, 22 employment, 19–20, 35, 36 Fergie, Dr Deane, 153–4 Chamberlain, Syd, 121, 132, 146 Chapmans’ compensation case Kartinyeri, Archie, 20 against, 196–9 Kartinyeri, Klynton, 111 report for Professor Cheryl Kartinyeri, Oscar (brother), 33, Saunders, 67 95, 118 Royal Commission, 180, 183 Kartinyeri, Oscar (father), 19, 25, secret envelopes, 27, 159, 183 77, 85 field trips, 128, 131–3, 141–4 at koala farm near Zoo, 78–9 ‘Finding my People’ project, 123–5 at Poltalloch, 4, 5 fire, 112 Wanganeen, Daryl (Snacka), 117 First World War, 5, 40–1, 122, 140, Wanganeen, Terry, 95, 98, 119 188–9 see also pay; trades Raukkan church window employment, Doreen commemorating, 16, 189 Aboriginal Heritage Branch, Fisher, Betty, 161, 179 Department of Environment and Fisheries Act 1917, 10 Planning, 130–1 fishing, 9–11, 99 with Dunn and Motteram families, Fitzgerald, Alison, 196 71–9 Flinders University, 146 Maitland Hotel, 91 food, 9–11, 18 Native Title Unit, ALRM, 135, sheep meat, 19–20 188, 194 see also cooking; rations; wild food Riverland, 93 football, 27–8, 89, 98, 107–8, 137 with Swalling family, 85–6 foster children, 3, 86, 88, 108, 135–6 see also genealogies; South when Doreen had blue with Australian Museum, Doreen’s Terry, 113 employment at after Doreen left Terry, 119–20 envelopes, see secret envelopes foster children raised by Thelma Escort House, 35 Kartinyeri, see Rigney, Elsie; exemptions, 35–6, 82, 83, 90 Rigney, Lila; Rigney, Thelma abolition, 118 Fourmile, Henrietta, 137

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France, 189 Graham’s Castle meeting, 153, Freda, Kami (stepmother of Syd 154–7, 165 Chamberlain), 142 Long Walk to save Kumarangk, Friends of Goolwa meeting, 154 184–5 fruit, 11, 12, 55, 93 Ngurunderi story, 134–5 mantharis (wild tomatoes), 11, tourists on old steamer from, 16–17 18, 155 Wharf redevelopment, 201–3 sheoak apples, 7 see also Hindmarsh Island Fudge, Aunty Olga, 123 Graham, Aunty Doris, 110, 140 ‘full-bloods’, 10, 20–1 Graham, Aunty Sarah, 96, 109 Fullarton Girls’ Home, 24, 40–2, Graham’s Castle meeting, 153, 48–65, 68–9, 75 154–7, 165 Dunns’ opinions about, 72, 73 grandfathers, see Kartinyeri, Mainu funerals, see deaths Archie; Rigney, Grandfather Ben grape picking, 93 Gale, Fay, 123, 125, 126–7, 128, 137 ‘Great Wurley Gig’, 184 Gale, Milton, 127 group therapy, 116 Gallus, Chris, 26, 27, 68, 163–4 guest lectures, 146 Garnett, Keith, 144 International Women’s Day Garnett, Peter, 144 Committee luncheon, 161–3 Garnett, Spencer, 144 Gunning, Don, 107 genealogies, 2–5, 91, 100, 105–6, Gwen (Port Victoria), 181–2 122–45 first attempt at putting on hair, 8, 14, 41 paper, 112 Hale, Mathew, 130–1 Honorary Doctorate for, 171–2 ‘half-castes’, 20–1 incident causing Doreen’s interest Hammond, Ruby, 116 to blossom, 84 Hanchant, Deanne, 46 see also books and articles handicrafts, 13, 16–19, 20, 73 George, Jennie, 182 see also feather flowers; weaving Gertie and Knocky, 8–9 Harris, Granny Glanville, 24 Glenelg, 79 Hart, Connie, 131–2 Globe Hotel, 120–1 Hartman, Vicky, 192 Goldsmith, Aunty Gertie, 93 Hawthorn, Sue, 182 Goldsmith, Pearl, 94 Head, Winston, 134 Goldsmith, Peter, 94 health, 12, 23, 69 Goldsmith, Aunty Sheila, 45, 115, Kartinyeri, Doreen, 25, 187–8, 157, 168 189–91, 206–7; fruit picking Gollan, Beattie, 4 injuries, 12, 55 Gollan (Wilson), Bertha, 6, 165, Kartinyeri, Doris, 178 166, 167, 175 Kartinyeri, Mainu Archie, 22 Gollan, Cissy, 15 Kartinyeri, Mattie, 109 Gollan, Neville, 202 Kartinyeri, Oscar (father), 32, 110, Goodhand, Bill, 12 119, 120 Goodwin, Captain, 41, 63 Kartinyeri, Ron, 35 Goodwood Orphanage, 55–6 Kartinyeri, Nanna Sally, 12, 79, 94; Goolagong, Yvonne, 195 depression, 31, 32–3, 92 Goolwa, 15, 115, 148–51, 153–7 Kropinyeri, Aunty Rosie, 90, 121

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Wanganeen, Klynton (Kandy), 119 Honorary Doctorate, 171–2 Wanganeen, Terry, 113 horse racing, 117 see also deaths TAB, 138 Hemming, Steve, 128, 130, 143, 170, hotels, 120–1, 179 188, 189 house fire, 112 article in Records of the South Howard, John, 164, 167–8, 203 Australian Museum, 129 Australian Reconciliation Doreen’s advice about Ngurunderi Convention, 194–5 exhibition, 134 speech writer, 179 Doreen’s letter to Tickner, 45–6, Huggins, Jackie, 125–6 151–2 Hughes, Paul, 123 field trips with, 131–2, 133, 139 Humphries, Keith (Woppy), 38, 39, films produced by, 133, 157 82–3 meeting with Port Adelaide Hunter, Ruby, 184, 195 mob, 137 hunting, 9–11, 147 Royal Commission, 186 Hutchings, Dr Suzi, 128 Hepper, Captain, 41, 53 Hyde, Sister, 60 high school, 73, 129 Highways Department, 119 illegitimate children, 132 Hillcrest Psychiatric Hospital, 113, Tindale’s mark for, 137 116–18 initiation, 84 Hindmarsh Island (Kumarangk), women, 91, 157, 159, 191–2 43–7, 87–8, 114–15, 147–87, Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 195–203, 207 123, 191 anthropological reports, 147–8 International Women’s Day Aunty Rosie’s story about looking conference, 136–7, 161–3 for mantharis, 18, 155 corroboree and sing-song after Jackson, Charmaine, 108 Sturt Re-enactment, 86 Jackson, Ellen, 192 ‘The Dreaming of Ngarrindjeri Jackson, Meredith, 108 Mi:mini’ (song), 189–90 Jackson, Nelson, 108 evidence turned up in Di Bell’s Jackson (Rankine), Sarah, 13, 33, 37 research, 191–4 children, 14, 88, 90, 108 Mathews inquiry, 185, 186–7, Jackson, Stuart, 108 188, 191 Jackson, Warren, 108 media reports on what island Jacobs, Jane, 123–4, 130 represents, 150, 157–8 Jacobs, Aunty Maggie, 161, 174, 185, Royal Commission, 170, 174–8, 194, 197 179, 180, 183–4; report, 185–6 interview by Cheryl Saunders, 158 salt pans, 11 invitation to Sue Lawrie, 168 see also Chapman, Tom and knowledge, 115, 153–4, 156–7 Wendy; secret envelopes medallion given by Aunty Aggie Hindmarsh Island Bridge Bill, 187, Pilgrim, 184 193, 195–6 proclamation after von Doussa Hollywood, 90–1 judgment, 205–6 see also Kropinyeri, Aunty Rosie jail, 99 honey, 11 visits to, 126

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James, Colin, 157–8, 168, 177 photograph, 77 Jamie, see Wanganeen, Ronald reaction to Thelma’s death, 34 Douglas sewing machine lent to, 112 Janice (granddaughter of Aunty temperament, 91 Rosie Kropinyeri), 110 Kartinyeri, Aunty Connie, 8, 79, 81 Japan, 189 Kartinyeri, Doris Alma, 5 ‘Jedda’, 63 Kartinyeri, Doris Eileen, 56–7, 95, Jimmy (grandson of Aunty 171, 178 Rosie), 91–2 acknowledgement of family, 76–7 John (Hindmarsh Island birth, 25 puntman), 158 complexion and looks, 21, 50 Jones, Lieutenant, 41, 65, 68 Doreen told location of, 50; by Jones, Phillip, 128–9, 170, 193 Sister McKenzie, 51–2 Joy (granddaughter of Aunty Rosie Doreen’s first visit, 59–60 Kropinyeri), 91, 110, 180 reason for Doreen agreeing to go to Julie (childhood friend), 22, 157 Fullarton, 38, 39, 42, 48–9 removal, 28–33, 108 Kalgoorlie, 99 temperament, 91 Kandwillan, Samuel, 131 Kartinyeri, Aunty Dorrie, 37, 83 Kandy, see Wanganeen, Klynton Kartinyeri, Eileen, 118 Bruce Kartinyeri (Milera), Ellen, 95, Kapunda, 119 110–11, 118 Karloan, Albert, 138 Kartinyeri, Uncle Francie (Uncle Karpany, Bill, 4 Buddha), 92 Karpany, Donny, 121 Kartinyeri, Laura, 105 Karpany, Aunty Ivy, 4, 102, 109 Kartinyeri, Aunty Laura, 8, 140 Karpany, May, 121 Camp Coorong meeting Karpany, Aunty Sarah, 4 representative, 168 Karpany, Uncle Ted, 4 children, 38, 109 Karpany, Val, see Power, Val knowledge, 46, 91, 152, 154, Karpany (van der Byl), Muriel, 154, 156; puthari (midwife), 88, 89–90, 174, 180, 186 101, 105 Kartinyeri, Mainu Archie, 5, 25, letter saying there is no women’s 33–5, 89, 106 business, 164–5 bleeding hand, 22 police visits to, 10 description of Doreen, 14 relationship to Daisy Rankine, 154 Doreen’s wedding, 95, 96 Kartinyeri, Uncle Matthew, 120 stories told by, 8, 17; meaning of Kartinyeri, Mattie, 81, 105, 109 name Kartinyeri, 3 Kartinyeri, Mavis, 38, 82 trades practised, 20 Kartinyeri (Wanganeen), May, 94, Kartinyeri, Connie, 5, 6, 25, 37, 96, 103–4, 105 94, 171 Kartinyeri, Nancy, 5, 23–4, 27, 77 complexion and looks, 21, 50 Kartinyeri, Oscar (brother), 5, 23, 25, Doreen’s wedding, 95, 96 39, 86, 132 incident with Sister Pearl ‘an Aboriginal under the McKenzie, 23–4 influence’, 98 person named after, 8 daughter, 118

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Keating, Paul, 164, 167–8, 194 talking through Sandra Saunders, Kee, Sue, 1, 26, 27, 164 197 Kenny, Chris, 171, 172, 178–9 told to Justice Mathews, 187 Kenny, Steve, 175, 180, 187 warning about telling whitefellas Kent Town Boys’ Home, 29, 56, 57–8 about culture, 2 kindergarten, Point Pearce, 111 Kropinyeri, Stella, 99 Kings Park, 74, 75, 77–9 Kropinyeri, William, 140 knitting, 19, 61, 73 Kropinyeri, Winnie, 99 Knocky and Gertie, 8–9 Kumarangk, see Hindmarsh Island koala farm, 78–9 kumari, meaning of, 155 Koolmatrie, Aunty Marj, 132, 154, Kumi, Aunty (mother of Veronica 157, 168 Brodie), 16, 179 Koonanda, 182 Kundjawara, 44 , 141, 142–3 Kunoth, Lilly, 63 Kropinyeri (Sandel), Doris, 138–40 Kunoth, Rosie, 63, 183 Kropinyeri, Kim, 91 Kunypi, 182–3 Kropinyeri, Uncle Nat, 25, 89, 90, Kurangk, see Coorong 99, 106 Kropinyeri, Pat, 207 Lainie (Point Pearce), 110 Kropinyeri, Aunty Rosie, 25, 89, Lake Alexandrina, 10, 18, 19, 103 90–1, 99–101, 105–7 see also Raukkan bird brooch given to Doreen, 197 Lake Bonney, 93–4 cousin (Aunty Dugidi), 16, 204 Lake Condah and Lake Ebenezer daughters, 99 people, 133 death, 122 land clearing (stump picking), 7, exemption, 36, 90 21–2, 33, 96 grandchildren, 91–2, 99, 110, land rights, 143 121, 180–1 Langton, Marcia, 143, 182 grave, 104 languages, 13, 57, 69 health, 90, 121 Laura, Aunty, see Kartinyeri, Aunty photographs returned to Doreen Laura after fire, 112 Laurel (granddaughter of Aunty siblings, 91, 106, 122 Rosie Kropinyeri), 180–1 Kropinyeri, Aunty Rosie, knowledge Lawrie, Wilfred Theodore (‘W. T.’) and stories told to Doreen by, 66, and family, 13–15, 23, 31, 91, 99–101, 110, 140–1, 156 134–5, 168 belief about deaths related to Layton, Robyn, 169–70 childbirth, 29 legislation, 10, 162 collecting mantharis on Kumarangk Aboriginal heritage, 43–4, 45, (Hindmarsh Island), 18, 155 152, 187 cooking, 106 exemptions, 35–6, 83, 90; dressing up for tourists, 17 abolition, 118 genealogy, 5, 105–6, 122, 188, 204 Hindmarsh Island Bridge Bill, 187, Steve Hemming told about, 46 193, 195–6 letter informing Tickner about, 152 native title, 47 Seven Sisters, 158 Lester, Yami, 164 snakes and breast milk, 102–3 Lewis, Peter, 165

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Mildura, 92 Mount Barker, 84 Milera, Doug, 149, 150, 151, 181 Mount Barker Boys’ Home, 29, 56 television interview, 172–3, 183 Mount Lofty, 84 Milera (Kartinyeri), Ellen, 95, Mouth House meeting, 149–50, 165 110–11, 118 movies, 14, 40, 73–4 Milera, Sarah, 149, 154, 181 ‘Jedda’, 63 at Amelia Park protest, 151 Mundoo Island, 152, 158 Gallus’ intention to return Murphy, Joan, 129 envelopes to, 27, 164 Murray Bridge, 105, 118, 146, 154, interview by Cheryl Saunders, 158 166–7, 174 letter to Tickner, 150 Lower Murray Nungas’ Club, 149, meeting with David Rathman in 166; meeting in, 181 State Aboriginal Affairs, 45, 149 Mobilong jail, 126 meeting with Tickner, 186 Red Cross, 18 Milerum, 8, 138, 192 see also Three Miles milk, 19 Murray Bridge Hospital, 25, 28, 165 Milky Way, 134 Mutjuli, 5 Mills, Mrs, 69 Mypolonga, 5 Milson, Betty, 64–5 Milson, Shirley, 64–5 NAIDOC ball, 159 Mitchell, Dame Roma, 171 Nanna, see Kartinyeri, Nanna Sally Mitchell Library, 191 Nannultera, 131 Mobilong jail, 126 Narrung, 13, 14, 80, 99 money, 95, 98 Narrunga Nation, 145, 188 donation towards repair of native title, 47, 87–8 Raukkan church Anzac memorial national conference, 175 window, 189 Native Title Unit, 135, 188, 194 in Doreen’s Point McLeay bank Natoon, Gwen (Aunty Sudi), 94 account, 80 Nelson (cousin of Doreen), 50 funding for Aborigines’ Protection netball, 107 Board, 36, 78 New South Wales, see Sydney funding for Doreen’s genealogical Newchurch, Elaine, 110 work, 123 Newchurch, Harry, 108 funding for Fullarton Girls’ Newchurch, Stella and Ron, 105 Home, 53 Ngarrindjeri Action Group, 151 funding for this book, 111 Ngarrindjeri Anzacs, 122, 188–9 fundraising at Point Pearce, 110 Ngarrindjeri Council, 154 ‘insufficient means of support’, 31 Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee, selling handicrafts to tourists, 148, 154 16–17 , 13 won at Melbourne Cup, 117 Ngarrindjeri Nation, 207 see also Child Endowment; pay Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: A world Monk (Kunoth), Rosie, 63, 183 that is, was and will be, 195 Moriarty, John, 56 Ngarrindjerri Pulgi, 150 Mortlock Library, 131 Ngurunderi, 133–4 Mother’s Day, 80 Northern Territory, 143, 146, 182–3 Motteram, Mr and Mrs Walter, 74, Norvill, Isobel, 154, 158, 166, 75, 77–9 167, 192

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secret envelopes, 1–2, 26–7, sheep, 19–20 160–1, 163–4, 169–70; affect on sheoak apples, 7 relationship with, 180; Royal shoes, 94 Commission action to get, 183–4 shovels, 11 telephone calls to dissident Simons, Margaret, 163 women, 166 Simpson, Andrea, 177 television interviews and singing, 14, 16, 59, 114 interviewers, 185 in Hillcrest, 116 United States National Women’s Kartinyeri, Mattie, 109 Studies Conference, 182 Kartinyeri, Oscar, 111 Savings Bank of , 80 Natoon, Gwen (Aunty Sudy), 94 SBS, 200 song by Dot Shaw, 185, 189–90 documentary on Kunarangk Sturt Re-enactment, 86 business, 197 Sixty Minutes program, 185 schools and schooling, 13–15, 17, skin colour, 17, 20–1, 55–6, 111, 149 23, 31 Slaughter’s packing shed, 93 Doreen’s children, 129–30, 136 Snacka, see Wanganeen, Daryl James Fullarton, 49, 52–3, 63–4, 73 snakes, 102–3 Point Pearce kindergarten, 111 South Australian Aboriginal of the Ron (Squashy) after Thelma’s Year, 159–60 death, 34–5 South Australian Museum, 8, 125 trade qualifications, 97 disclosure of information to secondary education, 73, 129 McLachlan, 164 secret envelopes, 1–2, 26–7, 160–4, displays and exhibitions, 134, 139 185, 186 money for Raukkan church Anzac affect on Ngarrindjeri women’s memorial window, 189 fertility, 202 report on bones found when Chapman’s application to hand building Swanport bridge, 147 over, 169–70 see also Clarke, Philip; Hemming, contents sealed in, 159, 192 Steve; Tindale collection return to Doreen, 27, 163–4 South Australian Museum, Doreen’s Royal Commission tactics to get, employment at, 128–30, 131–44, 183–4 146, 153–4 Weekend Australian interview after during bridge issue, 45–6, 160, 170 disclosure, 66–8 COMA conference, Brisbane, Semaphore Boys’ Home, 56 125–6 Seven Sisters Dreaming story, 158, meetings with people wanting 187, 191–2 to know about Ngarrindjeri sewing, 13, 18–19, 109, 112 culture, 47 bags, 98 visits from Marj Angas Shaw, Dot, 125, 185, 192, 194 (Tripp), 126 song by, 185, 189–90 see also books and articles Shaw, Marie, 198 South Australian Parliament, 44–5, shearing, 19, 95, 97, 98, 121 164–5, 184, 195 comb shears, 20 South Australian State Heritage Point Pearce men going to Committee, 148, 172 Raukkan, 101 Spinifex Press, 182

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mark used for illegitimacy, 137 146, 153 permissions given by, 128, 130, 143 Chapmans’ compensation case Raukkan visit, 132 against, 196–9 secretary, 129 see also Fergie, Dr Deane Tindale collection, 127–8, 130, 133, University of South Australia, 135, 136 123, 146 field trips with, 132, 141–4 Goolwa centre, 150 release of material for all Honorary Doctorate, 171–2 States, 143 Unley pool, 55 Tindale’s writing, 129 Tongerie, George, 56, 118 van der Byl, Muriel, 154, 174, Tongerie, Maude, 118 180, 186 tonsils, 23 Varcoe, Granny Ada, 79 tools, 20 Varcoe (Kartinyeri), Connie, 8, Top Row, 6, 24 79, 81 Totalizator Agency Board Varcoe, Pike Dennis, 13 (TAB), 138 Varcoe, Gerry*, 79 Toy-boy (Terry-boy), 102–5, 190 Varcoe, Holly, 89 trades, 19–20, 36 Varcoe, Pike Jerry, 13 land clearing (stump picking), 7, Varcoe, Sally (Sarah), see Kartinyeri, 21–2, 33, 96 Nanna Sally qualifications, 97 Varcoe, Uncle Wilf, 89, 106 see also domestic work; shearing Veronica, see Brodie, Veronica Traeger, Elaine, 119–20, 136 Victoria, 138–9, 146, 168 trams, 75 field trip to Bendigo, 133 Travis, Cheryl, 108 see also Melbourne Tregenza, John, 131 Victoria Park Race Course, 117 Trevorrow, Ellen, 184 Victoria Square protests, 184 Trevorrow, George, 149 von Doussa, Justice, 197–201, 206 Trevorrow, Shirley, 149 Trevorrow, Tom, 114–15, 149, waddies, 10, 20 184, 186 wages, see pay Tripp (Angas), Marj, 59, 97, 126 Walker, Janice, 192 Tumsie (niece of Terry Wanganeen), Walker, Kaurno, 31 117 Walker, Reubin, 191 Turner, Dr, 23 Walker, Robert, 84 Wallace, Jess, 196–7 Ucko, Dr Peter, 123 Wallace, Margaret, 196–7 Unaipon, Mainu David, 16, 20, 81, Wallaroo Hospital, 102, 107, 109 191–2 Wanda (childhood friend), 22 Underdale, 123 Wanganeen, Bob (father-in-law), 21, Unger, Patty, 50, 57 96, 107 United Nations Human Rights brother, 144 Commission, 183 Wanganeen, Brenton Clark United States, 184 (Dooley), 97, 109, 120, 171 National Women’s Studies Wanganeen, Christabel Violet, 109, Conference, 182 136, 180 University of Adelaide, 123–8, Wanganeen, Clifford, 108, 119

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