This story was written in 1994 by girls of the Eagle class at Maningrida Community Education Centre. Maningrida is an Aboriginal community on the coast of Arnhem Land, and the story, though fictional, presents an account of contemporary rural Aboriginal life. Tammy falls in love, fights with her boyfriend, is taken off to visit relatives in the bush and finally departs with her best friend to c…
Content Warning: Australian Indigenous people are warned that some individuals who are now deceased are named in this book.rnDerek Pugh has written an admirable book on two counts. It is a rattling good yarn and at the same time it is a fine teacher's handbook. From the moment he takes the momentous decision to accept a teaching position at Maningrida in remote Arnhem Land Australia Derek de…