Through Silent Country

WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL INDIGENOUS

   The Moore River Native Settlement. “The people in this story were from a part of Western Australia that is practically on the edge of the Great Western Desert. On the whim of the the government authorities of the day, eighteen Wongutha people were exiled away from their Country and their people, sent a thousand kilometres away, almost to Perth. They were seemingly powerless. They were locked up, trucked off, given inmate numbers in a government compound – their fate was sealed. And then they escaped. It was perhaps the largest escape bid in the history of that place of exile. They escaped, and walked home to their Country.” Story of exile and escape. The people in this story were from a part of Western Australia that is practically on the edge of the Great Victoria Desert. On the whim of the Government of the day, 18 Wongutha People were exiled away from their country and their people sent 1,000 kilometers away,almost to Perth. They were seemingly powerless; they were locked up; trucked off, given inmate numbers and their fate was sealed and then they escaped. It was perhaps the largest escape bid in the history of the place of exile. They escaped and walked home to their country.

462 p. : ill. maps, port. ; 23 cm. Bibliography : p. 449 – 456. FIRST EDITION. #050223

Moore River Native Settlement (W.A.) — History.  |  Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Moore River Region — Reserves — History.  |  Wongi (Australian people)