Joan Martin (Yarrna) A Widi Woman

by Martin, Joan; Shaw, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780855757779
• ISBN10: 0855757779
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-01
• Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press

Summary

Joan Martin was born in the country town of Morawa, Western Australia, in 1941. She was a proud Widi woman whose traditional territory extended from Geraldton eastwards into the salt-lake area. Joan led an exciting and adventurous life, from life in the bush to school in Perth, and back again. But it was a life with great challenges, including efforts to avoid Native Welfare, so as not to be shipped off to a mission, and her later very public battle with Homeswest for the right to live in peace in her own home. Her legacy includes her work on native title, and her art.

Author Biography

Joan Martin is a Widi woman and artist whose work includes a large mosaic in the foyer of the Center for Aboriginal Studies at the Curtin University in Australia. Bruce Shaw is an Australian writer and anthropologist. He is the author of Our Heart Is the Land and When the Dust Come in Between.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Illustrations	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Maps	p. xv-xvi
Genealogical Sketch	p. xvii
Reading the genealogies	p. 1
In the bush	p. 19
Raising a family	p. 34
My country	p. 45
Caring for the land	p. 61
Dreaming stories	p. 76
Spirit life	p. 86
Yarrna	p. 112
'Since ever the white man came'	p. 131
Appendix The Homeswest incident	p. 145
Chronology	p. 149
Glossary	p. 158
Bibliography	p. 166
Index	p. 169
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