SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11 2016 FRONTIER 17

ask woody Advice from David Wood to help you muddle your way through the confusing territory that comes with the Territory

Dear Woody, I work for an institution that really polarises people. Some love us, some hate us. Unfortunately, the ones who hate us seem to be the more vocal and physical, and like to pop in and pay us a visit now and then. Sometimes they even leave a calling card, such as a rock through a window. Or a rock through a window of our cruddy four wheel-drive. There’s nothing great about a Great Wall with a broken window. It’s just a Wall. Anyway, I fear for my safety at work on a daily basis. What advice do you have?

Dear Matt Williams, What utter, utter bastards. Yeah, that is really terrible. Why would anyone want to throw a rock through the window of such an august publication? One of the newspapers of record, alongside The New York Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Times of London, Shepparton News, the Latrobe Valley Express, the East Timor Guide Post. Why would anyone do such a thing? You can’t have many people who hold a grudge, except perhaps , , , , the Butcher of Barunga, Alison Anderson, Willem “Brief Minister” Westra van Holthe, Peter Chandler, Dave Tollner, Bess Price, Nathan Barrett, Peter Styles, Matt Conlon, “I’m 45 and I remember being evacuated when Cyclone Tracy blew through town. It was a crazy time. Darwin is like nowehre else, it is my home and heart, and where I get Robyn Lambley, Francis Xavier, Peter Maley, my strength from — this place is my history” anyone involved in the CLP, Foundation 1, Delia Lawrie ... OK, that wasn’t very helpful. It might be LEARN THE LINGO better to start a list of people who don’t hold a grudge. FORGOTTEN TERRITORY But I can confirm I certainly would never do such a thing. I hope you don’t think I did. I One of the most iconic don’t remember what I was doing between images ever taken in NEVER-ENDING STORY The 1am and 8.20am last Sunday, but that’s not the Territory is the NT Election unusual. It’s the pain of life. It makes me photograph of Prime drink. Heavily. And often. And heavily. And Minister Gough often. Whitlam symbolically But it would help if you paid me more. pouring sand into the TANGLED The NT Election And put this column online. And you hadn’t hand of Gurindji leader results in the seats of Braitling, sacked me as a reporter in the first place. If Vincent Lingiari on 16 you would only send a card every so often. August, 1975. After Blain and Nhulunbuy A call on my birthday. Ask are you OK? All walking-off Wave Hill those things would probably help your Station nine years precious windows stay intact. earlier in protest of THE MUPPETS An alternative On another note, I’ve always wanted to poor working and living meet Duty Superintendent Louise conditions, the Gurindji name for the almost defunct Jorgensen. people were granted a CLP But let us be clear, when it comes to pastoral lease, a historic Picture: TANYA McCONVELL attacks on your organisation, we are not step in the Aboriginal looking for a dandily dressed, stocky, land rights movement in Australia. This rare photograph shows the reaction of Gurindji people middle-aged male with red hair, a sunny later that day, after Gough Whitlam had left Wave Hill. It was lent to indigenous researcher Don THE SOUND OF MUSIC What disposition and a carefree attitude. Christophersen from Flinders University, Darwin, who has been collecting rare film, sound and will come to our ears when the photographs to tell other, lesser-known parts of the Wave Hill Walk-Off story, from the Does Territory etiquette have you scratching perspective of people from Daguragu. Don Christophersen and Geoffrey Angeles will present NT Election result is finally, your sweaty noggin? Woody is here to help. them at a free talk from 5.15pm this Wednesday, 14 September, at Library, Email your questions to [email protected] Parliament House. officially announced tomorrow Follow Woody on Twitter @djwoodeye

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