Written True Not Gammon, A History of Aboriginal Charters Towers

Thuringowa, Queensland : Black Ink, 2007. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Quarto. Black and white photos and colour photos and a map illustration. The author has collaborated with local elders to gather oral history and family photographs and combinging these with archival material they have produced an account of Charter Towers’ Indigenous history. Size: Quarto. 77 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Library stamps on endpapers, covers and spine. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Australian Aboriginals & Torres Strait Islanders; Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52853. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges clean, neat and free of foxing Library stamps on endpapers, covers and spine. Charters Towers is better known as a Gold town than an Indigenous town. WRITTEN TRUE, NOT GAMMON! A HISTORY OF ABORIGINAL CHARTERS TOWERS fills a gap in the story that is told about a town.
This is a book that people of all ages should read to understand Australia's history. Award winning anthropologist Sally Babidge has collaborated with local elders Val Alberts and Patricia Dallachy to gather oral history and local family photographs. Combining these with archival research, they have produced an accessible account of Charters Towers' hidden Indigenous history. B & W photos, colour photos and a map illustration