The Sun Dancin': People and Place in Coonabarabran

Margaret Somerville; Marie Dundas; May Mead; Janet Robinson; Maureen Sulter

The Sun Dancin': People and Place in Coonabarabran

Margaret Somerville, Marie Dundas, May Mead, Janet Robinson, Maureen Sulter

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

History of Forky Mountain Reserve Burrabeedee Mission from the 1880s until people left under the influence of the assimilation policy of the 1950s; history of place told through histories of four women; Janet Robinson, May Mead , Marie Dundas, Maureen Sulter, three of whom are great -granddaughters of Mary Jane Cain, Queen of Burrabeedee; archaeological record of the area and womens knowledge and reaction to archaeological studies; contact history; place names and remnant language knowledge; biography of Mary Jane Cain based on oral history, memories and records; memories of Forky Mountain Reserve; missionaries; life on mission; movement to towns after mission closed; Burrabeedee today and discussion by women on what should happen to the site, particularly the cemetery.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Canberra, A.C.T.
Publisher	Aboriginal Studies Press
Number of pages	211
ISBN (Print)	85575253
Publication status	Published - 1994

Keywords

Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians
Coonabarabran Region (N.S.W.)
biography
history
women

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