Billy the blackfella from Bourke / edited and transcribed by Chris Woodland.
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TextSeries: Read how you want 16Publisher: [Sydney, NSW] : ReadHowYouWant, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xiii, 272 pages (large print) : black and white illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781459698543 (paperback)Subject(s): Gray, Bill, 1940-2011 | Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Bourke -- Biography | Drovers -- Australia -- Biography | Oil industry workers -- South America -- Biography | Well drillers -- South America -- Biography | Bourke (N.S.W.) -- HistoryGenre/Form: Large type books. DDC classification: 305.89915092 Summary: This is the story of Billy Gray, who called himself "a blackfella from Bourke". It is the authentic 'speaking voice' of the man. Transcribed from tapes made by his friend of 52 years, he tells of life working as a stockman, drover, fencer, taxi driver, factory labourer, water and oil driller, in Australia and South America and Indonesia. His travels and experiences gave him a deep understanding of the cultures of different peoples. In South America he found for the first time in his life that he could move freely without experiencing that feeling of being an outcast; he just blended in.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| z Adult Non Fiction Large Print | Wundowie | B GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111064859273 |
This is the story of Billy Gray, who called himself "a blackfella from Bourke". It is the authentic 'speaking voice' of the man. Transcribed from tapes made by his friend of 52 years, he tells of life working as a stockman, drover, fencer, taxi driver, factory labourer, water and oil driller, in Australia and South America and Indonesia. His travels and experiences gave him a deep understanding of the cultures of different peoples. In South America he found for the first time in his life that he could move freely without experiencing that feeling of being an outcast; he just blended in.
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