A town is born : the Fitzroy Crossing story / Steve Hawke.

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Hawke, Steve, 1959-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Sydney : Magabala Books, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781922142078
1922142077
9781922142092
1922142093

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Town is born.DDC classification:

994.14 23

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DU380.F58

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Contents:

FOREWORD; THE STORYTELLERS; PREFACE; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: FITZROY CROSSING 1965; CHAPTER TWO: THE BEGINNINGS; CHAPTER THREE: THE EARLY DAYS; CHAPTER FOUR: THE DESERT MOB; CHAPTER FIVE: WELFARE LAW, WET SEASON LAW; CHAPTER SIX: THE FIRST WINDS OF CHANGE; CHAPTER SEVEN: THE GOOD OLD DAYS; CHAPTER EIGHT: MISSIONARIES AND CITIZENS; CHAPTER NINE: TRAVELLING MEN; CHAPTER TEN: A LOT OF CHANGES; CHAPTER ELEVEN: YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO; CHAPTER TWELVE: AN UNWRITTEN LAW NO MORE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE STORM CLOUDS BUILD; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: LIKE A REFUGEE CAMP

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: NO GOING BACKCHAPTER SIXTEEN: CAN YOU HELP USTO WORK ON OUR OWN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: A POWERTO START FACING PEOPLE; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: REALLY STRONG LEADERS; CHAPTER NINETEEN: A FAMILY TOWN; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ENDNOTES; Picture Credits

Summary: In the course of a couple of years the township of Fitzroy Crossing in the remote Kimberley changed from a tiny frontier outpost, to a refugee camp with hundreds of people living in fringe camps in third world conditions. From this maelstrom a unique community emerged, with a strong ethos of cooperation and support amongst the various peoples of the Fitzroy Valley.

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In the course of a couple of years the township of Fitzroy Crossing in the remote Kimberley changed from a tiny frontier outpost, to a refugee camp with hundreds of people living in fringe camps in third world conditions. From this maelstrom a unique community emerged, with a strong ethos of cooperation and support amongst the various peoples of the Fitzroy Valley.

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