THE DYSTOPIA IN THE DESERT: THE SILENT CULTURE OF AUSTRALIA’S REMOTEST ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES Hardback Winner of the 2014 Victorian

Winner of the 2014 Victorian Premier's Award for non-fiction

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which argued that the settlement of Australia had a high level of violence and conflict that we chose to ignore

THE DYSTOPIA IN THE DESERT: THE SILENT CULTURE OF AUSTRALIA’S REMOTEST ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES Hardback Winner of the 2014 VictorianThe Ngaanyatjarra Lands, deep in Western Australia, are home to the countrys most remote Aboriginal communities. Beset by social problems, the communities and their residents are detached from mainstream Australia by factors of distance and culture. But the Ngaanyatjarra region remains obscure for other reasons. Its peculiar operational culture, which arises from the curious relationship between community members and whitefella staff, has become