Series 2, 7 - Nebinyan. Pencilled ms. draft (A); ms. draft (B); ms. draft (C); newspaper clipping n.d.; ms. draft (D); ms. draft (E); ms. draft (F); ms. draft (G)).

Abstract

These 7 MS drafts (A-G) describe Nebinyan’s memories in old age of what he was told as a child about the visit of Flinders in 1801 and the dance imitating Flinders’ troops that he was taught as a young man. His people believed they were ghost ancestors visiting them from over the Western Sea. DMB also briefly notes the background and beliefs of the Bibbulmun people. Newspaper clipping " Race and Colour prejudice" by Bertram R. Wyllie, no date.