Kangkushot The Life of Nyamal Lawman Peter Coppin |
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| Author:
| Read, Jolly
Coppin, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-1-922059-63-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
| Publisher: | Aboriginal Studies Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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An updated edition of an epic and remarkable story. In this powerfulnbsp;memoir, Peter Coppin's story emerges; told in fragments, momentsnbsp;of time and memories.
A senior Nyamal lawman, Coppin was born in Yarrie country innbsp;Western Australia's Pilbara. His was a life of danger, drama andnbsp;More Description
An updated edition of an epic and remarkable story. In this powerfulnbsp;memoir, Peter Coppin's story emerges; told in fragments, momentsnbsp;of time and memories.
A senior Nyamal lawman, Coppin was born in Yarrie country innbsp;Western Australia's Pilbara. His was a life of danger, drama andnbsp;hardship; his people forced to work on pastoral stations for meagrenbsp;rations, their lives subject to the whims of white pastoralists,nbsp;government agents and legislators.
But Coppin dreamed of a life for his people where they could accessnbsp;education and health services, and control their destinies. Despitenbsp;great danger to themselves, he and others took part in the first majornbsp;Aboriginal strike in Australia, the Pilbara Strike in 1946.nbsp;For Peter Coppin the land holds mysteries; it's special and lifegivingnbsp;and some of it, sacred.