I'm the One that Know this Country! Indigenous author Chapter 1: Introduction-it takes courage

Chapter 1: Introduction-it takes courage to challenge colonial commemorations

Introduction: Aboriginal jockeys — a proud past but an uncertain future

ISBN 9780855750848

He is the author of 25 books including Obstacle Race: Aborigines in Sport

I'm the One that Know this Country! Indigenous author Chapter 1: Introduction-it takes courageMatutjara woman, Jessie Lennon, was born on a sheep station near Kingoonya in the 1920s. Aged six, she accompanied her father on a ceremonial journey with the Old People, as far west as Ooldea, in the time of Daisy Bates, and north to Coober Pedy, then a fledgling opal mining settlement. Her early life was spent travelling with family: on foot, on camels and sometimes 'jumping the train'. Later they sought whitefella work in towns on sheep and cattle