Cockatoo Creek: The Complete 3 Volume Edition

The Outback Town of Derby North Western AustraliaThe Kimberley. When Sister Kathleen Murphy decided to visit the old Aboriginal woman, Anna Cook, in the Derby Hospital to ask for her help with a project for her students about the old woman's earlier life on the vast cattle station, Cockatoo Creek, she had no idea what to expect. What she learns shocks her. She listensto a story of murder and rape by men who lived with apparent impunity for the laws of that time. A heartwrenching tale of hard times in a hard, unforgiving land of ruthless white men, highly skilled black trackers and a mysterious Kadaitcha man that some say can travel the land as a great eagle as a Spirit Bird. A story as powerful and tragic as any from the pages of the American West.

• | Author: Baden Scholefield
• | Publisher: Baden James Scholefield
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 612 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0645734241
• | ISBN-13: 9780645734249