Galiwinku Diary
By Bernard Tonkin
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Bernie’s experiences in Galiwinku
Category: Diary entries
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An auspicious day for black Australians and there’s a march planned by the youth program which is facilitated in various Arnhem Land communities by some energetic and switched on young white women we’ve met at head office. This program we hear is in fact proudly owned by the community as they set the agenda. However…
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Well after our evening walk on the beach which is an important antidote to the days tropical heat lockdown in the airconditioned donger, we’re using the Aboriginal corporation vehicle to make the 5 km trip home. Louise calls out to a small family group walking up the road – anyone heading to Bhutan (our suburb)…
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Louise tasks me with checking out the local general store that is just past the gate of our compound. This gate has already been unlocked for the day. Our own “donger” – our long rectangular house also has a locked gate – Louise who is not disposed to paranoia merely drapes the chain around it…
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We’ve just landed on Elcho Island and the 12 seater plane sways down the runway reminding me of the old Holden we were once given with the clapped out front end. With the engines’ roar now reduced I’m able to ask the softly spoken young man I met while boarding in Darwin, how long since…
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