Reading the Country: Introduction to Nomadology
- ISBN-10
- 0853236313
- ISBN-13
- 9780853236313
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Authors
- Stephen Muecke, Krim Benterrak, Paddy Roe
Description
In 1983 the three authors of this book undertook a journey into Roebuck Plains, an area in the north of Western Australia which takes its name from a ship which was sailed into the region in 1699 by the European explorer, William Dampier. It was then, and until less than a century ago, inhabited by Aboriginal people. Today the plains form part of a pastoral lease, and no Aboriginals live there.
