The Resource On Red Earth Walking : the Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946 - 1949, Anne Scrimgeour
On Red Earth Walking : the Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946 - 1949, Anne Scrimgeour
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- Summary
- In 1946 Aboriginal people walked off pastoral stations in Western Australia's Pilbara region, withdrawing their labour from the economically-important wool industry to demand improvements in wages and conditions. Their strike lasted three years. On Red Earth Walking is the first comprehensive account of this significant, unique, and understudied episode of Australian history. Using extensive and previously unsourced archival evidence, Anne Scrimgeour interrogates earlier historical accounts of the strike, delving beneath the strike's mythology to uncover the rich complexity of its history. The use of Aboriginal oral history places Aboriginal actors at the centre of these events, foregrounding their agency and their experiences. Scrimgeour provides a lucid examination of the system of colonial control that existed in the Pilbara prior to the strike, and a fascinating and detailed account of how these mechanisms were gradually broken down by three years of striker activism. Amid Cold-war fears of communist subversion in the north, the prominence of communists among southern supporters and the involvement of a non-Aboriginal activist, Don McLeod, complicated settler responses to the strike. This history raises provocative ideas around racial tensions in a pastoral settler economy, and examines political concerns that influenced settler responses to the strike, to create a nuanced and engaging account of this pivotal event in Australian Indigenous and labour histories
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 510 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925835687
- Label
- On Red Earth Walking : the Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946 - 1949
- Title
- On Red Earth Walking
- Title remainder
- the Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946 - 1949
- Statement of responsibility
- Anne Scrimgeour
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1946 Aboriginal people walked off pastoral stations in Western Australia's Pilbara region, withdrawing their labour from the economically-important wool industry to demand improvements in wages and conditions. Their strike lasted three years. On Red Earth Walking is the first comprehensive account of this significant, unique, and understudied episode of Australian history. Using extensive and previously unsourced archival evidence, Anne Scrimgeour interrogates earlier historical accounts of the strike, delving beneath the strike's mythology to uncover the rich complexity of its history. The use of Aboriginal oral history places Aboriginal actors at the centre of these events, foregrounding their agency and their experiences. Scrimgeour provides a lucid examination of the system of colonial control that existed in the Pilbara prior to the strike, and a fascinating and detailed account of how these mechanisms were gradually broken down by three years of striker activism. Amid Cold-war fears of communist subversion in the north, the prominence of communists among southern supporters and the involvement of a non-Aboriginal activist, Don McLeod, complicated settler responses to the strike. This history raises provocative ideas around racial tensions in a pastoral settler economy, and examines political concerns that influenced settler responses to the strike, to create a nuanced and engaging account of this pivotal event in Australian Indigenous and labour histories
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- ANL
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- Scrimgeour, Anne
- Dewey number
- 305.89915
- Illustrations
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- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Australian History
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- Aboriginal Australians
- Strikes and lockouts
- Target audience
- specialized
- Label
- On Red Earth Walking : the Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946 - 1949, Anne Scrimgeour
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- still image
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- sti
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- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066180422
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 510 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925835687
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- Other physical details
- colour illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1122749618
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- On Red Earth Walking : the Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946 - 1949, Anne Scrimgeour
- Carrier category
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- sti
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- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066180422
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 510 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925835687
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- Other physical details
- colour illustrations
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