Introduction: Aboriginal jockeys — a proud past but an uncertain future
cultural and economic certainty rests on their right to control and manage customary water
Cover Photograph by Sue Wicks
He is the author of 25 books including Obstacle Race: Aborigines in Sport
Chapter 1: Introduction-it takes courage to challenge colonial commemorations
I'm the One that Know this Country! Indigenous author Introduction: Aboriginal jockeys — aMatutjara woman, Jessie Lennon, was born on a sheep station near Kingoonya in the 1920s. Aged six, she accompanied her father on a ceremonial journey with the Old People, as far west as Ooldea, in the time of Daisy Bates, and north to Coober Pedy, then a fledgling opal mining settlement. Her early life was spent travelling with family: on foot, on camels and sometimes 'jumping the train'. Later they sought whitefella work in towns on sheep and cattle