Abstract
Francis Jurpurula Kelly gave the three talks which follow around the time when the land known as Yurrkuru or Brookes Soak was handed back through a deed of grant under the Northern Territory Land Rights Act to the Yurrkuru Aboriginal Land Trust on 8 October 2014. The text of these three talks is presented here.
Highlights
Jurpururla talks on the massacre site at Yurkurru (Brooke's Soak, Coniston) Recorded by Olivia Nigro at Yurkurru on 20th August 2014. This place here, we standing, me and Napururla from Sydney, this place called Yurkurru where people from here... from every place used to come down here cos it was the only supply of water
He just came along because he had no job at Coniston and one of the manager told him ‘no, no job here, no money, you have to go out yourself’
People was here and he was alright that old fella and he was looking after ‘im people and one thing, bullfrog came in with a few family, with his two wives and children
Summary
This place here, we standing, me and Napururla from Sydney, this place called Yurkurru where people from here... from every place used to come down here cos it was the only supply of water. It was drought in that time and people came here and gather up and they had one white bloke here. People was here and he was alright that old fella and he was looking after ‘im people and one thing, bullfrog came in with a few family, with his two wives and children.
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