Papers of Ann McGrath

Résumé du livre

Papers relating to McGrath's doctoral thesis and subsequent publication, Born in the cattle, about indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory cattle industry. The papers comprise oral history recordings and transcripts of interviews, fieldwork and work diaries, newspaper cuttings, articles, correspondence, book publicity and reviews, photographs and computer discs; also papers on the NT pastoral industry generally (including proposed Stockman's Hall of Fame and outback legends), and on other indigenous issues such as the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, Wik, land rights and particular land claims. Some personal diaries and correspondence (including letters from Xavier Herbert and Mary Durack) and papers relating to academic work.