THIS IS A NEW RELEASE BOOK BY PHILIP FITZPATRICK. HE HAS WOVEN A FICTION STORY AROUND THE FACTS OF THE ARUNDA STOLEN CHILDREN. THE DINGO TRAPPER IS A GREAT READ AND AN INFORMATIVE WORK.  it is available on Kindle and Softcover. HERE IS HIS CV - SHOWING HE IS WELL QUALIFIED TO TACKLE THIS SUBJECT

Philip Lives In Hervey Bay

Date of Birth: 19 June 1948

Education:

Australian School of Pacific Administration – Anthropology, Law

University of Queensland - BA – English (double major), Government (major).

Current South Australian, Papua New Guinea and Cook Islands driver’s licenses.

Current Senior First Aid Certificate

Associations:

Associate Member, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Anthropological Society of South Australia

Experience

1994 – Present

Cultural Heritage Consultant: Historical research for Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra Councils. Site Conservation Strategy, re-recording sites and devising conservation strategies, Department of State Aboriginal Affairs, South Australia. Work Area Clearances for films around Coober Pedy. Work Area Clearances for various mining companies statewide. Various National Estate Grant research projects. Social impact surveys and mapping for seismic work and oil and gas drilling in Western and Southern Highlands Provinces PNG. Research for Native Title Claims in Northern South Australia. Documentation of several Papua New Guinea Highlands collections for South Australian Museum. Work Area Clearances for various optic fibre cable projects. Work Area Clearances for gas pipeline projects. Consultant for Gawler Ranges Traditional Men’s Committee. Aboriginal Heritage surveys for Tourism SA. Pilot Indigenous Land Use Agreements for Native Title Unit ALRM. Aboriginal Heritage Surveys for Transport SA. Aboriginal Heritage Surveys for various wind farm projects, Aboriginal Heritage surveys for grain terminals Lefevre Peninsula. Adelaide/Parafield Airports Aboriginal Heritage reviews. Baseline studies for Antakirinya Native Title claim. Co-ordinator (NTU) for Central-West Mediation Strategy. Cultural Heritage Assessments for the Prominent Hill mine.

1992 - 1994

Manager, Culture and Site Services Section, Department State Aboriginal Affairs. Management of the Register of Aboriginal Sites and Objects. Site Conservation and field recording.

1988 - 1992

South Australian Registrar of Aboriginal Sites, Aboriginal Heritage Branch, South Australian Department of Environment and Planning. Design and maintenance of the South Austalian Aboriginal Site Register. Establishment of community-based site registers. Design, supervision and conduct of research projects. Design of South Australian site recording system. Assessment and monitoring of development and mining impact on sites. Management of the Branch publications program. Administration of the Aboriginal Heritage Act.

1980 - 1987

Supervisor, Aboriginal Liaison Program, Aboriginal Heritage Section/Branch. Staff supervision, supervision of consultants, development assessment, policy, procedures and planning, research and research design, field survey, liaison government and non-government organizations, training, site conservation, educational functions, cultural resource management and interpretation. Drafting of Aboriginal Heritage Bill.

1977 - 1979

Field Survey Officer, Aboriginal Heritage Section, Department of Environment. Supervisor of the Sacred Sites Program. Extensive anthropological fieldwork in far north and northwest of South Australia.

1974 - 1976

Field Survey Officer, Aboriginal Sites, South Australian Museum. Traditional oral literature research (Waiuta Initiation and Red Ochre) in the Northwest Aboriginal Reserve area and other northern parts of South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Surveys of the route of the Tarcoola to Alice Springs Railway and the new Stuart Highway.

1973

Publications Officer, Department of Lands, Surveys and Mines, Port Moresby. Preparation of educational material, press and radio releases in Pidgin, Motu and English, staff training. Commission of Enquiry into Land Matters, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Review of land law and tenure. Investigation of customary land tenure. Development of legislation.

1972

Assistant District Officer, Balimo Sub-District headquarters, Papua New Guinea. Census and electoral duties, agricultural and health projects, anthropological research, police duties, magistrate, construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, wharves and airstrips. Land surveys and purchase, land title claims and conversions, mining warden, resettlement schemes, establishment of cultural centre, exploratory patrols.

1969 - 1971

Patrol Officer, Nomad. Agency functions, exploratory patrols, construction road & base camps, extensive duties in uncontrolled areas. 1970 Officer in charge of Olsobip Patrol Post, Star Mountains. Agency functions, census, police duties, magistrate, mining liaison for Ok Tedi copper/gold prospect, exploratory patrols. 1969, Patrol Officer, Kiunga, Western District. Border patrols, liaison with Indonesians. Course, Administrative College, Port Moresby, anthropology, law and local government.

1967 - 1968

Cadet Patrol Officer, Department of District Administration, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Road and bridge building and maintenance, census and electoral duties, local government duties, general patrolling.

1966

Clerk, National Bank, Adelaide SA.

Publications

The Needles, Coorong”, Sacred Sites, Stone Arrangements, in Walker J (ed), South Australias’ Heritage, Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.

South Australia’s Aboriginal Heritage, in Nance C, Speigh D, Hutchings A and Fitzpatrick P, Shaping the Heritage of South Australia, Longman Cheshire, Sydney, 1989.

Kaurna Warra: A Selected Wordlist from the Kaurna Language of the Adelaide Plains, Government Printer, Adelaide, 1991.

The A.P.H. Freund Collection of New Guinea Artefacts in the South Australian Museum, Records of the South Australian Museum, 31(2) , Government Printer, Adelaide, February 1999.

In Search of the Elusive Howie: Researching Foreign Ethnology Collections in the South Australian Museum, Journal of the Anthropological Society of South Australia, 32(2), Adelaide, December 1999.

‘Puripuri’ at Olsobip”, in Una Voce, Sydney, March, 2002.

Bamahuta: Leaving Papua, Pandanus Books, Australian National University, Canberra, 2005.

Reports

A Survey of Aboriginal Sites Along the Route of the Proposed Tarcoola to Alice Springs Railway. Australian National Railways. January 1976.

A Survey of Aboriginal Sites Along the Route of the New Stuart Highway. South Australian Highways Department. June 1978.

Summary of Buildings and Other Features Affected by the Construction of the Little Para Reservoir. Engineering and Water Supply Department. March 1978.

Olympic Dam Mineral Prospect on Roxby Downs Station - Aboriginal Sites, Department of Environment and Planning. September 1980.

Anthropological Survey of the Balcanoona Portion of the Gammon Ranges National Park. National Parks and Wildlife Service. August 1984.

Anthropological Survey of Extractive Mineral Leases on Birthday Creek, Four Mile and Nantilla Creeks near Port Augusta. A Report for the Kokatha Peoples’ Committee. March 1984 (with Gara).

Arkaroo Rock Painting Site Conservation Final Report. Aboriginal Heritage Branch. July 1989.

Non-Claimant Native Title Determination Application in the Truro area (SN94/1 – Section 301, Hundred of Anna). A Report to the Native Title Unit, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement. October 1994. (with Gara).

Site Conservation Strategy for South Australia. Zone 7 Port Pirie/Port Augusta. Final report. Prepared for the Department of State Aboriginal Affairs South Australia. August 1997.

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Sources. Belair National Park. A Report for The Department of Environment and Natural Resources. October 1997.

Work Area Clearance. Pureba Conservation Park. Exploration Licence 2195. Report to the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement and Aurora Gold Limited. April 1998. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance, The Breakaways Coober Pedy. A Report for Artist Services Productions Pty. Ltd., May 1998.

Work Area Heritage Clearance Survey. The Heritage Report. For the Breakaways/Moon Plain. Report to Intrepid Pictures Pty Ltd. June 1998. (with Hutchings).

Work Area Clearance Mount Gunson Project. A Report to Stuart metals NL. July 1998.

The Antakarinja Sacred Sites Survey. Australian Heritage Commission. November 1998.

Work Area Clearance. Equinox Resources NL. Western Gawler Ranges and Iron Knob Areas. Exploration Licences 2035, 2145, 2168 and 2228. Report to the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement. March 1999. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Normandy Exploration Limited. Roopena JV Project Exploration Licenses 2079 and 2559. Report to the Barngarla Aboriginal Consultative Council and Normandy Exploration Limited. April 1999.

Work Area Clearance. Low Spans Project. Playford – Leigh Creek 132 KV Transmission Line Towers 8 – 10. Report to ElectraNet SA. May 1999.

National Radioactive Waste Repository. Stage 1 Work Area Clearance Part 2. Report to the Native Title Unit Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement for the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. June 1999. (with Wood).

Gawler Craton Joint Venture Exploration Licence 2060 Mount Christie. Report to the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement and Acacia Resources Limited. August 1999.

Work Area Clearance. Wicherry Hill Joint Venture. Report to the Gawler Ranges Native Title Claimants and Acacia Resources Limited. August 1999. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance (Anthropology). Torrens Island to Pelican Point Transmission Line. A Report to ElectraNet SA. September 1999.

Work Area Clearance. Mount Gunson Project Drilling Program 2000. A Report to Stuart Petroleum NL (Gunson Resources Limited). Final Report. March 2000.

Work Area Clearance. Adelaide Resources NL Eyre Peninsula Tenements. June 2000.

SAMAG Magnesium Production Plant Port Pirie. Survey of Aboriginal Heritage. July 2000.

Delta Gold Limited Drilling Program Olary Area. Survey of Aboriginal Heritage. July 2000.

Delta Gold limited Drilling Program Olary Area. Survey of Aboriginal Heritage (Bimbowrie). August 2000.

Preliminary Survey of Pipeline and Powerline Routes – Proposed Magnesite Production Plant Port Pirie. August 2000.

Work Area Clearance. Optic Fibre Cable Route: Gawler to Bordertown (Gawler to Murray Bridge Section). A Report to Network design and Construction Limited and the Mannum Aboriginal Community Association. October 2000.

Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Gawler Ranges to Lake Torrens. Australian Heritage Commission. in Association with the Barngarla Aboriginal Consultative Council and the Kokatha Peoples Committee. December 2000. (with Wood & Westell).

Barngarla Heritage Survey. Australian Heritage Commission in Association with the Barngarla Aboriginal Consultative Council. December 2000. (with Wood & Westell).

Social Mapping for the Aure Geology Survey Near Subu, Gulf Province, PNG. A Report for Interoil Limited. February, 2001.

Work Area Clearance for the Breakaways/Moon Plain. Report to Underground Productions Pty Ltd. May 2001. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Corner Gate Area. A Report for the South Australian Coal Corporation. May 2001. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Mirakata Area. A Report for Platsearch NL. May 2001. (with Wood).

Report of an Inspection for Perilya Limited of Mineral Tenements in the Beltana and Aroona Mine Areas, Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Prepared in Association with Researchers Nominated by Adnyamathanha Native Title Applicant Group SG 6001/98. May 2001. (with Ellis).

Work Area Clearance. Mirakata Area. A Report for Platsearch NL. May 2001. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Birthday Hill, Mount Hawker, Painted Hill, Warriner Creek and White Hill Tenements. Report to the Antakarinja and Arabanna Native Title Claimants and Minotaur Resources Limited. June 2001. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Toby Prospect. Report to the Arabanna Native Title Claimants and Platsearch NL. June 2001. (with Wood).

Delta Gold Limited. Curnamona Project. Survey of Aboriginal Heritage. August 2001.

Work Area Clearance. Flinders Ranges Project Exploration Licenses 2524 and 2658. Red Range and Extensions to the Beltana/Aroona Area Prospects. Report for Perilya Limited and the Adnyamathanha Native Title Applicants. September 2001. (with Ellis).

Gawler Ranges Traditional Men’s Meeting Mount Ive Station. Report of Proceedings. A Report for the Native Title Unit, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement. November 2001.

Work Area Clearance. Sounds of the Outback Concert. A Report for Tourism SA. February 2002. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Rain Forest for an Australian Desert. February 2002. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Ibis, Sequoia, Sequoia East and Peculiar Knob Mineral Claims. A Report for AurIron Energy Pty Ltd and SASE Pty Ltd. February 2002. (with Wood).

Corner Gate Area. A Report for AuIron Energy and The South Australian Coal Corporation. February 2002.

Aboriginal Heritage Consultation. Exploration Licence 2785. A Report to Orogenic Resources Pty Ltd and the Kokatha Land Council. April 2002.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 2594 – Pimba Dam Area. A Report for Tasman Resources NL and various Native Title Claimant Groups. April 2002.

Work Area Clearance. Prominent Hill Area. Exploration Licenses 2492, 2483, 2563, 2597, 2683. Report to the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants and Minotaur Resources Limited. May 2002. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Coober Pedy Tenements Work Program: Warrina South and Cadi. Report to the Arabanna Native Title Claimants and Anglo American Exploration (Australia) Pty Ltd. May 2002. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Coober Pedy Tenements Work Program: Mount Paisley and Mount Willoughby/Mount Clarence. Report to the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants and Anglo American Exploration (Australia) Pty Ltd. May 2002. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Oodnadatta Common. Report to Dunjiba Community Council and Platsearch NL. May 2002. (with Wood).

Site Clearance. The Great Australian Outback Cattle Drive. A Report to the Dieri People for the South Australian Tourism Commission. May 2002.

Work Area Clearance. Edward Creek Project (Exploration Licence 2622) and Balta Project (Exploration Licence 2755). Report to the Arabanna Native Title Claimants and Reedy Lagoon Corporation Ltd. June 2002. (with Wood).

Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Communications Towers East of Wilpena Pound Flinders Ranges. A Report for the Attorney Generals Department. June 2002.

Report of a Cultural Heritage Inspection for Perilya Ltd of RC and RAB Drilling Targets in the Beltana, Edicara, Third Plain and Blackwater Springs Areas Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Prepared in Association with Researchers Nominated by the Adnyamathanha Traditional Lands Association (Aboriginal Corporation) and named Applicants for Native Title Application SG 6001/98. July 2002. (with Ellis).

Cultural Heritage Clearance. Beverley Uranium Mine Retention Leases and Exploration Lease 2633 (Paralana). Report to the Adnyamathanha Traditional Lands Association Aboriginal Corporation. September 2002.

Work Area Clearance. Coober Pedy Tenements Work Program: Mount Penrhyn and Balta Baltana South. Report to the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants and Anglo American Exploration (Australia) Pty Ltd. September 2002. (with Harris).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 2959 – Eileen and Cedric Bore Areas – Bulgunnia Station – South Australia. Report to the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants and Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd. September 2002. (with Harris).

Work Area Clearance. Prominent Hill Area Exploration Licenses 2492, 2483, 2563, 2597 and 2683. Report to the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants and Minotaur Resources Limited. September 2002. (with Harris).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 2901 Near Prominent Hill, Mount Eba/The Twins Stations. A Report to the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants and Adelaide Exploration Ltd. October 2002. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 2604 and 2705 Northeast of Coober Pedy. A Report to the Arabanna Native Title Claimants and Alliance Energy. October 2002. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 2604 Northeast of Coober Pedy. A Report to the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants and Alliance Energy. October 2002. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 2899 Hawks Nest – Paragon Bore. A Report to the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants and Phelps Dodge Australasia Inc. October 2002. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance Exploration Licenses 2340, 2507, 2543 and 2594 Lake Torrens and Areas North. A Report to Tasman Resources and Various Native Title Claimant Groups. October 2002.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence Coondambo Area. A Report to the Gawler Ranges Native Title management Committee and Platsearch NL/Peninsula Exploration Pty Ltd. November 2002. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Drill Target Torch No 1 Exploration Licence 2483. Report to the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants and Minotaur Resources Limited. December 2002. (with Harris).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 2594 – Titan and Marathon Areas. A Report for Tasman Resources and Various Native Title Claimant Groups. January 2003. (with Wood).

Aboriginal Heritage Clearance. Iron Duke. A Report for the Whyallina Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd. February 2003.

Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Proposed Overtaking Lanes – Mount Barker to Strathalbyn Road. A Report to Transport SA. Final report. March 2003.

Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Three Proposed Overtaking Lanes Near Port Wakefield, Lochiel and Crystal Brook. A report to Transport SA. April 2003.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 2778 – Lake Anthony Area, 25 Kms Southwest of Challenger Goldmine. A Report to the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants, the Ted Roberts Native Title Claimants and Dominion Mining Limited. May 2003. (with Coad).

Stuart/Warren Family – Kujani Connections: Preliminary Report. Native Title Unit, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement. June 2003.

Aboriginal Heritage Clearance. AusBulk Development – Lefevre Peninsula. A Report to URS Australia Pty Ltd. June 2003.

Work Area Clearance. Coober Pedy Tenements Work Program: Mount Clarence, Mount Penrhyn and Balta Baltana. A Report to the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants and Anglo American Exploration (Australia) Pry Ltd. July 2003. (with Wood).

Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Kemmiss Hill Road Wind Farm. A Report to Origin Energy. July 2003.

Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Gawler Craton and Curnamona Seismic Profiling 2003. A Report to Geoscience Australia and Primary Industries and Resources SA. July 2003.

Report. Stuart/Warren Family – Kujani Connections. Native Title Unit, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement. September 2003.

132kV Transmission Line Associated with the Mount Millar (Yabmana) Wind Farm – Site Cards. A Report to Tarong Energy Corporation Limited. December 2003.

Mount Millar (Yabmana) Wind Farm – Location of 132kV Transmission Line in Relation to Registered Aboriginal Sites. A Report to Tarong Energy Corporation Limited on behalf of the Barngarla Aboriginal Consultative Council. March 2004. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3056 (formerly EL 2483) Coober Pedy. Report to the Arabanna Native Title Claimants and Minotaur Resources Limited. April 2004. (with Wood).

Aboriginal Heritage Clearance. Iron Duke to Whyalla Pipeline. A Report to the Whyallina Aboriginal Heritage Corporation and OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd. April 2004.

Work Area Clearance. Southern Gold Exploration Licence 3080 – Commonwealth Hill. April 2004. (with Wood).

Central West Mediation Strategy. Review of Literature – Kokatha, Kokatha Munta and Atakarinya Claims. A Report for the Native Title Unit, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc. May 2004.

Work Area Clearance. Mithril Resources Limited – Exploration Licence 2842 – Wilgena. May 2004.

Joint report on Boundary Overlaps resulting from Adnyamathanha No 1 and 2 and Barngarla Native Title Claims and Related Issues. A Report to the National Native Title Tribunal and SA Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement. May 2004. (with Ellis).

Work Area Clearance. Mount Gunson Project – Exploration Licences 2639 and 3022. A Report to Gunson Resources Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. May 2004.

Work Area Clearance. Lake Gairdner Area – Exploration Licenses 3038 and 3165. A Report to the Gawler Ranges Native Title Claimants and RMG Services Pty Ltd. June 2004. (with Wood).

Goldstream Exploration Licence 2781 Mount Woods: Indigenous Cultural Heritage Study of Four Proposed Drill Targets. Report to the Arabanna Native Title Claimants and Goldstream Mining NL. June 2004. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance: Exploration Licence 2638 (Peterlumbo) Wilcherry Hill Project, Kimba Region, South Australia. Report to the Barngarla Native Title Claimants and Aquila SA. June 2004. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 2900, 2841, 2840, Exploration Licence Applications 80/02, 233/03, 237/03, 238/03 239/03, 240/03, 84/04 – Yumbarra and Yellabinna Areas. A Report to Iluka Resources Limited and the Far West Coast Native Title Claimant Group (SG6008/98). July 2004.

Work Area Clearance Addendum. Exploration Licenses 2900, 2841, 2840, Exploration Licence Applications 80/02, 233/03, 237/03, 238/03 239/03, 240/03, 84/04 – Yumbarra and Yellabinna Areas. A Report to Iluka Resources Limited and the Far West Coast Native Title Claimant Group (SG6008/98). July 2004.

Work Area Clearance Oodnadatta Common. A Report to Dunjiba Community Council, the Arabunna Native Title Claimants and Caldera Resources Pty Ltd. July 2004. (with Harris).

Work Area Clearance. Peake – Denison (Umbum Creek) Area. Report to the Arabunna Native Title Claimants and Red Metal Limited. July 2004. (with Wood).

Cultural Heritage Survey. Gawler Ranges National Park: Track Realignment and Upgrade Park Headquarters to Minnipa Road. A Report to the Department for Environment and Heritage and the Gawler Ranges Native Title Claimants. August 2004.

Barngarla Native Title Claim Merit Assessment Report. Prepared for the Native Title Unit, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement South Australia. October 2004.

Aboriginal Heritage Study: Lochiel Park Campbelltown. A Report to the Land Management Corporation. January 2005.

Work Area Clearance. Jacinth Prospect Exploration Licence 2900. A Report to Iluka Resources Limited and the Far West Coast Native Title Claimants (SG 6008/98). February 2005.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 2840 and 3233 and Exploration Licence Application 727/04. A Report to Iluka Resources Limited and the Mirning Native Title Claimant Group. April 2005. (with Wood).

Aboriginal Heritage Around Western Lake Torrens. Literature Review, Native Title Claims, Site Occurrence. A Report for Straits Resources. May 2005.

Work Area Clearance. Tarcoola (ELs 3089 & 2898 & ELA 905/04), Cedric Bore (EL 2911) and Lake Phillipson Areas (ELA 721/04. A Report to Stellar Resources Ltd and the Antakarinja, Kokatha Munta and Teddy Roberts Native Title Claimants. May 2005. (with Wood).

An Indigenous Cultural Heritage Study of the Proposed Ceduna Keys Project West Coast South Australia. A Report to the Native Title Unit ALRM. June 2005. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. GEL 161 & GELA 213 Olympic Dam Area. A Report to Greenrock Energy Pty Ltd and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. September 2005.

Work Area Clearance. Arthur Hill Anticline Proposed Stratigraphic Hole Site and Chudys and 50 Mile Tank South Prospets. A Report to Tasman Resources NL and the Arabunna Native Title Claimants. November 2005. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Hawks Nest and Hawks Nest West Prospects – Exploration Licence 3196. A Report to Mount Gibson Iron Limited and the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants. November 2005. (with Wood).

Cultural Heritage Assessment of the Proposed Prominent Hill Project, South Australia. A Report to Oxiana Limited. December 2005. (with Wood and Westell).

Indigenous Cultural heritage Survey of the Proposed Spencer Gulf Ferry Terminal at Lucky Bay. A Report to the Eyre Regional Development Board Inc. December 2005.

Work Area Clearance. Northern Flinders Ranges Area. Exploration Licenses 3113, 3123, 3212, 3213 and 3230. A Report to NRG Flinders and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. December 2005.

An Indigenous Cultural Heritage Study of the Proposed Remote Substation and Upgrade to the Davenport Substation, Port Augusta, South Australia. Final Report. A report to ElectraNet SA. December 2005. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Andamooka Island Lake Torrens Exploration Licence 3195. A Report to Straits Exploration (Australia) Pty Ltd and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. March 2006. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Eucla Project. A Report to Hindmarsh Resources Limited. March 2006. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 3428 (Roxby Downs), 3430 (Playford), 3432 (Winjabbie), 3470 (Glenside), 3494 (Oak Dam NE). A report for Uranium Exploration Australia Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. April 2006. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 2979 – Pernatty Area. A Report to Red Metal Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. April 2006. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Prominent Hill Copper – Gold Project. Access Track Upgrade, Portion of Mining Lease Area and Borefield Area. A report to Oxiana Prominent Hill and the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants. April 2006. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3533 Northeast of Coober Pedy. A Report to Alliance Craton Explorer Pty Ltd and the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants. May 2006. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Mount Woods Tenements – Exploration Licenses 3445 and 3518. A Report to Goldstream Mining NL and the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants. May 2006. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 3428 (Roxby Downs), 3430 (Playford), 3432 (Winjabbie), 3470 (Glenside), 3494 (Oak Dam NE). A Report for Uranium Exploration Australia Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. Addendum. June 2006. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Murninnie Project – Exploration Licence 3542. A Report to the Murninnie Syndicate and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. June 2006.

Aboriginal Heritage Survey. G2 Project – Exploration Licenses 3170, 3337, 3338, 3525 and 3526 in the Millers Creek, Billa Kalina and Anna Creek Areas. A Report to Flinders Diamonds Limited, Maximus Resources and the Arabanna Traditional Owners. June 2006.

Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Cronje Dam Project. Exploration Licenses 3426 and 3571. A Report to Hindmarsh Resources Limited and the Riverland Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Association. July 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Mount Gunson Project – Chianti Prospect – Exploration Licence 3264 – Bottle Hill Area. A Report to Noranda Pacific Pty Ltd and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. August 2006.

Cultural Heritage Assessment. 2005 Dig Up Program Moomba – Adelaide Gas Pipeline. A Report to Epic Energy SA Pty Ltd. August 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Chudys, 50 Mile and Vulcan Prospects – Exploration Licence 3209. A Report to Tasman Resources NL and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. August 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 3570, 3584 and 3872 – Cariewerloo Project. A Report to Hindmarsh Resources Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. September 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3450 – Wirrawilka Prospect – Flinders Ranges. A Report to Copper Range Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. September 2006.

Aboriginal Heritage Survey for Stone Hut Bridge Replacement. Final Report for the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. October 2006.

Indigenous Cultural Heritage Survey on the Chowilla Floodplain. A Report to the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation. October 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Bambridge Well – Exploration Licence 3428 and Geothermal Exploration Licence 207 Roxby Downs. A Report for Uranium Exploration Australia Limited, Proactive Energy Developments Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. October 2006.

Work Area Clearance. South Lochs Paddock Target Area, Woomera Prohibited Area (Parakylia). A Report for the Department of Defence and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. October 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Prominent Hill Borefield. A Report to Oxiana Limited and the Antakarinja Native Title Claimants. October 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Lake Gilles Project – Exploration Licence 3466. A Report for InterMet Resources and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. November 2006.

Work Area Clearance. 132kV Transmission Line Corridor, Aries Borefield Drilling Targets, Virgo Borefield Drilling Targets and Mineral Drilling Target and Ground Magnetics Survey Area Near the Gemini Borefield Area. A Report to Oxiana Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. November 2006.

Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Road Re-sheeting Project – Oodnadatta Track. A Report to the Department for Transport, Energy & Infrastructure and the Arabunna Native Title Claimants. December 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Concentrate Haul Road. A Report to Oxiana Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. December 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3287 – Stony Hill Project. A Report for Centrex Metals Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. December 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Warrior Prospect – Exploration Licenses 3040, 3369W & 3372. A Report for Toro Energy Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. December 2006.

Aboriginal Heritage Survey for a Deceleration Lane & Cycle Track/Pedestrian Path on the Berri to Loxton Road Between the Berri Bridge and the Gurra Road Turnoff. Final Report for the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. December 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 2979 Pernatty Area. A Report for Red Metal Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. December 2006.

Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Road Re-sheeting Project – Oodnadatta Track. A Report to the Department for Transport, Energy & Infrastructure and the Arabunna Native Title Claimants. December 2006.

Work Area Clearance. Coober Pedy to Roxby Downs Optic Fibre Cable – Coober Pedy to Prominent Hill Section. A Report for Telstra Corporation Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. February 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Coober Pedy to Roxby Downs Optic Fibre Cable – Coober Pedy to Prominent Hill Section. A Report for Telstra Corporation Limited and the Arabunna Native Title Claimants. February 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Aries Borefield Drilling Targets – Prominent Hill. A Report for Oxiana Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. February 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Aries Borefield Drilling Targets – Prominent Hill. A Report for Oxiana Limited and the Arabunna Native Title Claimants. February 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3537 – Mirakata Area. A Report for Newcrest Operations Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. February 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Eucla Project. A Report to Hindmarsh Resources Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. February 2007.

Indigenous Cultural Heritage Survey For Three Infrastructure Projects on the Chowilla Floodplain. A Report to the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation. March 2007.

Cultural Heritage Assessment. 2007 Dig Up Program – Moomba to Adelaide Gas Pipeline & Moomba to Port Bonython Liquids Line. A Report to Epic Energy SA Pty Ltd, March 2007.

Indigenous Cultural Heritage Reconnaissance Survey. Prominent Hill to Olympic Dam 132kV Transmission Line Route – Parakylia to Olympic Dam. A Report to Oxiana Prominent Hill, March 2007.

Indigenous Cultural Heritage Survey - Wetlands Closure Project. A Report to the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation. April 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Aries Borefield Drilling Targets – Prominent Hill. A Report for Oxiana Limited and the Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. April 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3361 – Arckaringa Area. A Report for Arckaringa Energy Pty Ltd and the Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. April 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3424 – Oodnadatta Area. A Report for Barrick Gold of Australia Limited and the Yankunytjatjara/Antakirinja Native Title Claimants. April 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3431 – Griffin Well Prospect. A Report for Uranium Exploration Australia Limited and the Antakirinja Native Title Claimants. April 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3527 – Ferguson/Carters Well Area. A Report for Deep Well Pty Ltd and the Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. April 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Ealbara Project – Exploration Licenses 3045, 3134 & 3608. A Report for Toro Energy Limited and the Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. April 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Intercept Hill Project – Exploration Licence 3084. A Report to Argo Exploration Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. April 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Acropolis Prospect – Exploration Licence 2931. A Report to Minotaur Exploration Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. May 2007.

Aboriginal Heritage Clearance. Walker Flat River Craft Waste Disposal Station. A Report to the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation and the Mannum Aboriginal Community Association Incorporated. May 2007.

Aboriginal Heritage Clearance. Snowtown Substation. A Report to TrustPower Australia Holdings Pty Ltd and the Nukunu People’s Council Incorporated. May 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Prominent Hill Mine Project Water Supply Development – Proposed Aries Bores. A Report for Oxiana Limited and the Arabunna Native Title Claimants. May 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Prominent Hill Mine Project Water Supply Development – Proposed Aries Bores. A Report for Oxiana Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. May 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Trumble & Trumpeter Prospects – Exploration Licenses 3302 & 3545. A Report to Minotaur Exploration Limited and the Arabunna Native Title Claimants. May 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance: EL’s 330, 3044, 3554 and 3270 (Wynbring, Mobella and Mulgathing region). A Report to Deep Yellow Ltd and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. May 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance for the proposed Cairn Hill MLA and haul road route. A Report to Goldstream Mining NL and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. June 2007. (with Wood).

Cultural Heritage Assessment. Hallett Anode Beds – Moomba to Adelaide Gas Pipeline. A Report to Epic Energy SA Pty Ltd. June 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 2549 and 2620 – Spring Hill Area. A Report to Red Metal Limited and the Arabunna People’s Native Title Claimants. June 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Proposed Cairn Hill Mining Lease. A Report to Goldstream Mining NL and the Arabunna People’s Native Title Claimants. June 2007. (with Wood).

Conservation Plan. Lake Bonney Aboriginal Sites. Prepared for the Department of Water,Land and Biodiversity Conservation. June 2007.

Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Fishway Construction and Upgrade of Lock and Weir Number 2 at Waikerie, South Australia. A Report to SA Water Corporation.June 2007.

Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Fishway Construction and Upgrade of Lock and Weir Number 4 at Bookpurnong, South Australia. A Report to SA Water Corporation.June 2007.

Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Fishway Construction and Upgrade of Lock and Weir Number 5 at Renmark, South Australia. A Report to SA Water Corporation.June 2007.

Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Heritage Survey. Fishway Construction and Upgrade of Lock and Weir Number 6 at Murtho, South Australia. A Report to SA Water Corporation.June 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 3513 & 3515 Southern Lake Torrens Area. A Report to Southern Gold Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. July 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Kanyaka – EL 3265. A Report to Copper Range Ltd and the Nukunu People’s Council Inc. July 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3306 – Wynbring Area. A Report to Fission Energy and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. August 2007.

Work Area Clearance for the Proposed Cairn Hill Haul Road Route – Northern Option. A Report to Goldstream Mining NL and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. August 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 3342, 3343, 3423, 3532 & 3712 - Garford Project. A Report to Fission Energy Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. August 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3566 – Lambina Area. A Report to S.A. Drilling and the Yankunytjatjara/Antakarinja Native Title Holders. August 2007. (with Wood).

Prominent Hill Project: Work Area Clearance of the Electricity Transmission Line Southern Alignment. A Report to Oxiana Ltd and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. August 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Optic Fibre Cable – Blanchetown to Murbko to Waikerie. A Report to Telstra Corporation Limited, the First Peoples of the River Murray and Mallee Region Native Title Claimants and the Mannum Aboriginal Community Association Incorporated. September 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 3081 and 3530 – Wallerberdina Area. A Report to Empire Resources Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. September 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Geothermal Exploration Licenses 230, 231, 232 and 278. A Report to Torrens Energy Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. September 2007.

Report on the “Adnya-Barngarla”. A Report for the National Native Title Tribunal. September 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 3467 (Triumph Prospect) and 3572 (Dingo Hill Prospect). A Report to Mega Hindmarsh Pty Ltd and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. September 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3515 Bluff Point Area. A Report to Southern Gold Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. September 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Aries Borefield Drilling Targets – Prominent Hill. A Report for Oxiana Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. October 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Aries Borefield Drilling Targets – Prominent Hill. A Report for Oxiana Limited and the Arabunna Native Title Claimants. October 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Koolymilka Storage Area. A Report to the Department of Defence and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. October 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 3432 and 3470. A Report to Uranium Australia Limited and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. October 2007.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licenses 3336 and 3436. Robins Rise and Wooroong Areas. A Report to Red Metal and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. November 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Proposed Peculiar Knob Miscellaneous Purposes Lease. A Report to Western Plains Resources and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. November 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. UraniumSA’ Tarcoola and Kingoonya Tenements (El’s 3438, 3369, 3500, 3205, 3089, 3655, 3540, 3655, 3211 and 3373). A Report to UraniumSA Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. December 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Mount Woods Tenements. A Report to Oxiana Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. November/December 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Abminga Project (Tieyon Area) – Exploration Licence Applications 220/07 & 297/07, Exploration Licenses 3186, 3599, 3601 & 3602. A Report to Eromanga Uranium Limited and the Eringa Native Title Claimants. December 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Abminga Project (Marla Area) – Exploration Licence Applications 387/07, 439/07 & 532/07. A Report to the Eromanga Uranium Limited and the Yankunytjatjara Antakarinja Native Title Holders. December 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Maintenance Works – Oodnadatta to Hamilton Road. A Report to the Department for Transport, Energy & Infrastructure, the Yankunytjatjara Antakarinja Native Title Holders & the Eringa Native Title Claimants. December 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Mt Narlee (EL 3867) and Mt Sarah (EL3924). A Report to Caldera Resources Pty Ltd and the Yankunytjatjara/Antakarinja Native Title Holders and the Eringa Native Title Claimants. December 2007. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. Bullers Dam Drill Site – Exploration Licence 3762. A Report to Minotaur Exploration Pty Ltd and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. January 2008. (with Wood).

Work Area Clearance. 8/12 Medium Regiment Exercise – Lakes Hart, Younghusband and Reynolds Area West and North West of Woomera, South Australia. A Report to the Defence Department and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. January 2008.

Work Area Clearance. White Hill and paint Prospects – Exploration Licenses 3162 & 3056. A Report to Oxiana Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. February 2008.

Work Area Clearance. Abminga Project (Tieyon Area) – Exploration Licence Applications 220/07 & 297/07, Exploration Licenses 3186, 3599, 3601 & 3602. A Report to Eromanga Uranium Limited and the Eringa Native Title Claimants. February 2008.

Work Area Clearance. Abminga Project (Marla Area) – Exploration Licence Applications 387/07, 439/07, 594/07 & 532/07; Exploration Licenses 3566, 3575, 3599, 3601 & 3983. A Report to Eromanga Uranium Limited and the Yankunytjatjara Antakarinja Native Title Holders. February 2008.

Work Area Clearance. Lake Gilles Project – Exploration Licenses 3466 and 3467. A Report for InterMet Resources and the Barngarla Native Title Claimants. March 2008.

Work Area Clearance. Proposed Haul Road, Crushing Plant & Rail Loop, Airstrip, Village and Water Source for the Peculiar Knob Haematite Deposit. A Report to Western Plains Resources and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. April 2008.

Work Area Clearance. Sturt Project – Exploration Licence 3344. A Report to Tasman Resources NL and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. April 2008.

Work Area Clearance. Calcrete Sampling Program – Exploration Licenses 3950 McDouall Peak, 3951 Bulgunnia & 3483 Tarcoola. A Report to Quasar Resources Pty Ltd and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. April 2008.

Work Area Clearance. Exploration Licence 3306 – Pundinya Area. A Report to Fission Energy Limited and the Antakarinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Native Title Claimants. April 2008.

Aboriginal Heritage Survey. 2008 Deep Seismic Reflection Data Acquisition Survey. Eyre Peninsula – Gawler Province, Lake Torrens – Arrowie Basin. A Report to Geoscience Australia, primary Resources South Austalia and the Barngarla Traditional Owners. April 2008.

Work Area Clearance. Project Connolly – Exploration Licence 3516. A report to OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd and Whyallina Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. May 2008.

This link is to a German publisher. They have taken information of Brian darcey’s blog - with his permission - and made it available as educational material. If you are looking for material on Bougainville check out these links. Bougainville Blue is a novel of disguised truths about the birth and death of the Panguna Mine.

There is a strange phenomena on the web. Some sites robotically lift copy from others and use it in ways that are not relevant. Here are some examples. My book The Speed of Darke” is written and published by me. All pieces in it have been previously accepted for publication online or in print and it is only available in the places listed on my website - Diane Andrews Publishing -  so these snippets, which supposedly lead to my book - do not. Go to the only place you can find out about it, my website www.dianeandrewspublishing.com

1 - The Speed of Darke being used by Simon & Schuster; it does not even lead to me or my book.

Edge – Author Profile and Information & Video at Simon & Schuster UK

It’s called ‘The Speed of Darke‘, and let me tell you, there is a dark edge to her writing.” Here they are in conversation. …
authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Edge/41752426

2 - Here it is at some poetry site.

sorry poem - como um homem despido mim vai

The Speed of Darke has been described as “propelling the reader very easily from page to page”, with acclaim that “characters are . …
portuguese.endlesspoetry.com/26568.htm

3 - here it is on a book review site

book-review, Booksellers in the fine tradition

The Speed Of Darke. A collection of stories by Diane Andrews. All have been previously accepted for publication online and in print anthologies. …
book-review.seekbooks.com.au/popcat.asp?storeURL

4 - and some guy has taken a facebook wall and pasted it onto his website.

Sein | Facebook

I just published a book of my short pieces that have been previously accepted fin literary journals - called ‘The Speed Of Darke‘. …
et-ee.facebook.com/wall.php?id=6864873372

5 - And this, so far as i know I never gave my book for free

The Speed Of Darke by Diane Andrews | weRead

The Speed Of Darke by Diane Andrews on weRead. See the ratings and reviews of The Speed Of Darke by Diane Andrews by readers on weRead.
weread.com/book//The+Speed+Of+Darke/SSBK-4674866_-9

6 - and now we have suddenly become spanish endless poetry as well as well as portuguese

black poetry - cuando miraba en sus ojos

The Speed of Darke has been described as “propelling the reader very easily from page to page”, with acclaim that “characters are … OOH AAH. …
spanish.endlesspoetry.com/12070.htm

7 - and this strange one

Dark Edge - Moopz

It’s called ‘The Speed of Darke‘, and let me tell you, there is a dark edge to her writing.” Here they are in conversation: …
moopz.com/tag/dark+edge

8 - and weird stuff at where they have it unavailable and published by adventure yarns fishpond.com.au

http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Fiction_Literature/Literary_Collections/General/9780980481969/?cf=3&rid=1171830597&i=1&keywords=speed+of+darke

and when you click through to the author profile - the link goes to Diane Andrews Henningfield, so none of it is information I gave to fishpond

http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/advanced_search_result.php?&author=Diane%20Andrews

9 - and it has something to do with china - possibly by keyword association

The strategic implications of China’s energy needs / Philip …

Similar Items. Book Energy policy and regulation in the People’s Republic of China / Philip Andrews-Speed; Book The speed of darke / by Diane Andrews; Book …
catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2060211

10 - and at seekbooks

Seekbooks, Australian Online Bookstore - Book search for: Chris Darke

The Speed Of Darke. Author: Diane Andrews Category:Fiction - Fantasy A collection of stories by Diane Andrews. All have been previously accepted for …
www.seekbooks.com.au/booksearchresults.asp?storeurl=seekau…Chris

11 - and these guys don’t have my book for rent because I never gave it to them

Chegg.com: Speed of Darke : A Collection of Previously Published …

Rent and Save a ton on Speed of Darke : A Collection of Previously Published Work - with Critique by Andrews, Diane.ISBN 0980481961 EAN 9780980481969.
www.chegg.com/details/speed-of-darke-a…of…/0980481961/

There i was thinking I had a unique title to my book - but whatever, guys

I recently ‘rolled up’ at a book club in a Cairns Book Cafe - which is a great innovation in this town. I put one of my books on the table. I know it’s good because it only has pieces in it that have been piublished around the world, by online and print journals. Someone picked it up and read ‘Playing Around’, a half page story written between radiation treatments when in Townsville - at the writers club there. People were so impressed I was invited back in September to actually read myself - sort of like a gig. I read ‘Powerlines’ - written specifically for and published by Short and Twisted anthology. I got lots of praise and applause - so now i want to let you know - copies are available at the bookshop in Earlville Shopping Centre - Angus & Robertson. Please check out the rest of my website!

What happened next was the Red Room Company came to Cairns on a ship and poets went down to the wharves to perform, be interviewed on Radio National and take part in a documentary. It was a fantastic day. i was asked to say a few words about the sea because i spend a lot of time sailing. I was told when I opened my mouth and spoke it was like poetry itself. Hmm… GREAT guys - thanks. Five poets came along. Kerry, Ashwin, Dennis Andrews, Diane Andrews, Dave Delaney and Michael Morris. We all put our poems into a duffle bag which went on a ship to Thursday Island to meet the West Coast Duffle Bag and a good time was had by all - no doubt. I loved the fact that Kerry wrote her poem around the brim of an old salty hat. My favorite moment was when Michael came - late because he had just driven in from the outback as he was pining for the sea, was sitting at Palm Cove writing a poem then heard about it on the radio - got in his car, not knowing where to go and read his fresh verse. Here he is - click on the video - ‘The Documentary’.

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19 November 2009

Papua New Guinea ‘Kiaps‘ have been paid high tribute in the Australian Federal Parliament. ‘BAMAHUTA LEAVING PAPUA‘ – a book by PHILIP FITZPATRICK, played a role in this endeavour. It details his life as a Kiap and was read by MPs: Scott Morrison, Duncan Kerr, John Faulkner

Scott Morrison MP moved a private member’s motion on Monday calling upon parliament to recognise the service of Australians employed as kiaps between 1949 and 1974 and to acknowledge the hazardous and difficult conditions that were experienced. A number of ex-kiaps and their families were present in the chamber to hear the speeches.

“The kiaps were an extraordinary group of young Australians who performed a remarkable service for the people of PNG,” Mr Morrison said. “They were some of our nation’s finest. Their adventurous spirit was matched only by their commitment to the wellbeing of the people of
PNG. Their story remains largely untold. More Australians need to know the story. It is deserving of recognition and much greater awareness.”

Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Hon Duncan Kerr MP, said the Government should look at some way of appropriately recognising kiaps’ service. He said he knew there was some discussion among kiaps as to whether the mechanism proposed in the motion is the
appropriate one, because of its considerable emphasis on kiaps’ policing role.

He said: “I note that in the recent PNG affairs newsletter that is produced by Keith Jackson, who has a long history of involvement, there is a discussion between Phil Fitzpatrick and Paul Oates about whether the particular mechanism that is proposed in this motion is appropriate - the reservation being the over-emphasis, perhaps, on the policing function. Kiaps were far more than police. Whilst it is true that they were all sworn officers, equally they represented the civil authority in the widest range of possible services. They were, in many ways, the face of government in the districts for which they had responsibility. Mr Kerr commended the mover of this motion for bringing the issue to parliament and said “It may be that a new model needs to evolve to properly recognise the range and depth of that service.”

Luke Hartsuyker MP said that kiaps were multi-skilled field officers who often filled over a dozen roles. “The kiaps lived a dangerous existence,” he said. “There was an ever-present threat of attack from hostile tribes and locals, and many kiaps were murdered on patrol. The harsh conditions on the frontier also proved to be very dangerous, with accidents and illness claiming the lives of kiaps. The list of kiaps killed in boating and aircraft accidents is extensive and I think it is fitting that these men and their surviving comrades should be officially honoured by the Australian government.”

Jill Hall MP said it was very appropriate to give recognition to the role the kiaps played in PNG. “I would like to put on the record that this has been a long campaign - it has gone over six or so years - and that you are getting towards the end of the road. I truly believe that there is going to be some form of recognition in the very near future. PNG is very different to Australia. We have remote areas in Australia, but our remoteness is different. The issues we have around keeping peace and harmony within the community are very different. The role played by kiaps was of vital importance. You kept those communities together. You kept those tribes together. You kept villages and districts functioning. I know the government is working to see that formal recognition is given for the vital role that you played from the Australian perspective and from PNG’s perspective.

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PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS Monday, 16 November 2009 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Royal Papua and New Guinea Constabulary: 1949 to 1974. Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Morrison:

That the House:

(1) recognises the service of those Australians who were employed as field constabulary officers (Kiaps) in the Royal Papua and New Guinea Constabulary between 1949 and 1974;

(2) acknowledges the hazardous and difficult conditions that were experienced by the members serving with the Royal Papua and New Guinea constabulary;

(3) notes that former members of the Regular Constabulary of the Royal Papua and New Guinea Constabulary may be entitled to long service and good conduct medals, such as the National Medal, subject to meeting eligibility criteria;

(4) supports moves to allow former members of the Field Constabulary to count their service towards the National Medal;

(5) notes that qualifying service to meet the eligibility criteria for the National Medal must include at least one day of service on or after the medal’s creation on 14 February 1975;

(6) expresses concern that many former Kiaps may not meet the eligibility criteria for the National Medal, as eligible Kiap service ceased on 30 November 1973;

(7) recognises that the Trust Territory of New Guinea, under the terms of the Papua New Guinea Act 1949 and the Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of New Guinea, held sovereignty unto itself and as such, was at law an international country (and foreign to Australia);

(8) recognises that the Governor-General’s assent of the Papua New Guinea Act 1949 and the signing of the “Trusteeship Agreement” for New Guinea by the Australian Government, prescribed service activity whereby the service was carried out by members of the Australian Police Force and the service was undertaken as part of an international operation; and

(9) calls on the Australian Government to change the eligibility criteria applying to the Police Overseas Service Medal so as not to prevent the award of the medal to those:

(a) Australian public servants who were employed through the Australian Government and served in the Australian administered United Nations Trust Territory of New Guinea between 1949 and 1974; and

(b) individuals serving in Papua New Guinea as sworn and armed Commissioned Officers of the Royal Papua and New Guinea Constabulary (at the time an Australian External Territorial Police Force).

Mr MORRISON (Cook) (7.31 pm)—This motion recognises the services of those Australians who were employed as field constabulary officers, known as Kiaps, in the Royal Papua and New Guinea Constabulary between 1949 and 1974. A number of them have joined us here in the chamber this evening with their families. It is wonderful to have them here for this occasion. Earlier this year when I was preparing for the Kokoda Mateship Trek with my good friend and colleague the member for Blaxland, Jason Clare, I had no knowledge of the Kiaps. But a very good friend of mine, Mike Douglas, a former Kiap, from my electorate, brought the role of the Kiaps to my attention. Mike has also been a keen servant of the Liberal Party for the last 30 years. The Kiaps were an extraordinary group of young Australians who performed a remarkable service for the people of PNG. They were some of our nation’s finest. Their adventurous spirit was matched only by their commitment to the wellbeing of the people of Papua New Guinea. Their story remains largely untold. More Australians need to know the story of the Kiaps. It is deserving of recognition and much greater awareness.

Kiap is a word originating in New Guinea. In pidgin, it largely means captain. The best estimate of how many men served in these roles is around 2,000. The Kiaps undertook their service in Papua New Guinea between 1949 and 1974, after the end of the Second World War when the territory today known as PNG became an Australian managed territory known as the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. It gained its independence in 1975. From my limited experience during the Kokoda Mateship Trek, I found PNG to be a country of large impenetrable jungles, high mountain ranges and wide and wild rivers. The terrain makes it extremely difficult to move between places, resulting in the isolation of PNG’s tribal groups and more than 700 languages among those tribes.

It was the job of the Kiaps to bring order and stability to a largely lawless and tribal land. The role of the patrol officer comprised many official functions and just as many non-official ones. The official duties included acting as a representative of all arms of the government for a particular area which was their domain, the exploration of new territory and bringing the rule of law to the country, not to mention brokering peace between warring tribes. They were the law. If they did not uphold the law then there was no law. In addition to district administration duties, the Kiap had to become familiar with the villages and the country under their control, undertake patrols and court work and have a broad range of knowledge. They were indeed jacks of all trades. They also sought to assist the economic development and the general wellbeing of the villages. The Kiap’s ultimate aim was to build an orderly, prosperous and unified people living in peace and harmony. The work was often dangerous and the conditions were genuinely primitive.

In Philip Fitzpatrick’s book he describes the kiaps as men with dogged perseverance who helped bring the emerging nation of Papua New Guinea to independence. During their patrols kiaps could have been killed by poison tipped arrows or spears or axed to death. They could have suffered from accidents or sicknesses like malaria or been exposed to snakes, crocodiles, large bush pigs and millions of mosquitoes. Patrols were certainly not glamorous; rather, they were hard, dirty uncomfortable work.

Although the job of a kiap was hazardous, it was not always in police work that kiaps encountered danger. Other aspects of the job were equally hazardous. Ross Wilkinson from Victoria served as a kiap and tells of the dangerous ancillary duties connected with the job, such as flying in light aircraft on search and rescue missions and the use of explosives for road and airstrip construction. A kiap was also expected to destroy unexploded ordnance from the war. Kiaps were armed. Each was given a Lee-Enfield .303 rifle for police work and revolvers and shotguns for non-police work. Some died in drowning accidents. Others were murdered while on official police business, such as the East New Britain District Commissioner Jack Emmanuel, who was killed by disaffected landowners on the Gazelle Peninsula when he attempted to intervene in a land ownership dispute.

This motion seeks recognition for our kiaps. Points (3), (4) and (5) of my motion suggest that this recognition be provided by eligible service counting towards the National Medal. Point (9) of the motion calls for the service of kiaps to be counted towards the award of a Police Overseas Service Medal. This would require the amendment of the Police Overseas Service Medal Regulations 2007.

The Police Federation of Australia has given support to this initiative to formally recognise former kiaps, fully understanding the roles they performed as commissioned officers, which were very demanding and quite different to traditional policing functions, and the similarity of those roles to the ones currently performed by its members in areas of the South Pacific such as the Solomon Islands.

It is great to have our kiaps with us here this evening. I particularly want to thank Chris Viner-Smith, who is here tonight; Philip Fitzpatrick, who assisted with this motion; and Mike Douglas, my good friend from the shire.

Mr KERR (Denison—Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs) (7.36 pm) - I recently stood down from my position of Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, but in that role I took the position, after receiving representations from those representing the former patrol officers, that our government should look at some way of appropriately recognising their service. I would hope that some means of doing so evolves that properly recognises the breadth of service. I know there is some discussion, even among those who served as kiaps and patrol officers, as to whether the mechanism that has been proposed by this motion is the appropriate one. It certainly puts a considerable degree of emphasis on the policing role that kiaps had, but I think it is fair to say that kiaps were far more than police. Whilst it is true that they were all sworn officers, equally they represented the civil authority in the widest range of possible services. They were, in many ways, the face of government in the districts for which they had responsibility. I, like many who spent some time in Papua New Guinea, have the privilege of knowing a number of people who served in that role and I think that their service to Australia is something that should be properly recognised.

I note that in the recent PNG affairs newsletter that is produced by Keith Jackson, who has a long history of involvement, there is a discussion between Phil Fitzpatrick and Paul Oates about whether the particular mechanism that is proposed in this motion is appropriate - the reservation being the overemphasis, perhaps, on the policing function. Nonetheless, it is important for Australians to recognise the importance of the work of a few thousand young men - principally; there were a few women - who took these patrol officer roles at a time when our nation was yet to see that the country would evolve finally to full independence, although the kiap roles did continue right up to independence. Indeed, one of my close friends in Tasmania, a man called Rick Giddings, transitioned from working as a kiap to working as a magistrate resolving land disputes in Goroka. I am sure that a number had a similar history, moving from working within the administration as part of the Australian Public Service into administration roles with the newly independent government of Papua New Guinea, some perhaps even taking up citizenship in Papua New Guinea.

I commend the mover of this motion for bringing this issue to the parliament. In expressing reservations about whether this mechanism is right I do not mean to denigrate the principle. I think what is being sought is to use an existing form of recognition, to squeeze that very broad service that kiaps undertook into an existing form of recognition. It may be that a new model needs to evolve to properly recognise the range and depth of that service. Finally, all Australians would benefit from greater exposure to and understanding of the work that was undertaken in Papua New Guinea preceding its independence. The ABC has produced a wonderful pictorial representation which was on television and I think it is available in DVD and in book form now as a publication called Taim Bilong Masta. There is a wide number of other representations of that work in published literature. It is an area of Australia’s history which is under recognised and the service that has been given to our country by those who provided the leadership on behalf of the Australian Government during the period between the end of World War II and Papua New Guinea becoming independent is something that is insufficiently known. It is certainly true that in a number of instances people did serve in quite arduous circumstances. On the one hand, some lost their lives. On the other hand, I know that some served in circumstances that they remember most fondly. I know it is true that many people who served as kiaps came back to Australia saying that the period they served was the most memorable, most significant and most rewarding part of their lives, so it is not entirely a story of adversity and hardship.

It is both a story of difficulty in some circumstances - and, as I said, regrettably some kiaps lost their life in the service of their country - and equally a story of a remarkably rewarding experience that they share now with those that served with them as they recall the service they gave to their country and to the now independent state of Papua New Guinea.

Mr HARTSUYKER (Cowper) (7.42 pm) - I certainly welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion moved by the member for Cook. It gives me great pleasure to speak on behalf of my constituents who served as patrol officers in the Territory of Papua New Guinea. In particular, I wish to recognise the ongoing efforts of Bowraville resident Robert Cruickshank, who continues to campaign for official recognition of the kiaps. I welcome former kiaps and members of their family who are here in the Main Committee chamber tonight.

Kiaps were multi-skilled field officers who often filled over a dozen roles within the remote Papua New Guinean communities they served. A note written by a kiap in 1955 describes the challenges of being a patrol officer.

He said:

Changing times have necessitated field staff officers to have further qualifications. Now he must also be a typist, storeman, mechanic, radio operator, driver, agriculturalist, coroner and undertaker, police investigator, anthropologist, security agent, hotelier and diplomat; stevedore, shop and factory; hygiene, labour, industry and prices inspector; airfield, wharf and bridge construction expert; census taker, electoral returning officer, economist, re-afforestation officer, social surveyor, defence counsel, departmental liaison officer, electrician, mayor and social organiser, local authorities propagandiser and organiser. That is quite a list of responsibilities indeed. He went on to say:

In addition to these normal qualifications, for an officer to remain in the service, he must practice monastic celibacy… he must be prepared to live in sub-human habitation, give his undying, unquestioning, unrecognised, unreciprocated loyalty, and for any hope of promotion possess certain academic qualifications, and to remain sane, possess a sense of humour.

I rely on the words of others in that regard. Every kiap’s duty statement contained the traditional bureaucratic proviso at the end that said that on top of all those other duties they were required to carry out ‘any other duties that may be directed to be carried out from time to time’.

The kiaps lived a dangerous existence. There was an ever-present threat of attack from hostile tribes and locals, and many kiaps were murdered on patrol. The harsh conditions on the frontier also proved to be very dangerous, with accidents and illness claiming the lives of kiaps. The list of kiaps killed in boating and aircraft accidents is extensive and I think it is fitting that these men and their surviving comrades should be officially honoured by the Australian government.

There is no doubt the kiaps played a valuable part in the development of Papua New Guinea in the period after World War II. When peace returned to PNG after the war, many of the towns and other signs of progress had been destroyed. Gardens and villages had been ruined and the plantations were damaged or neglected. The kiaps were usually representative of all arms of government in a frontier area and they often brought the first trickle of European civilisation to that area. The extraordinary efforts of these men and, as we have heard, a small number of women ought to be officially honoured by the Australian government because their stories make up a valuable chapter in our nation’s history. They have achieved amazing results with limited resources and in the most inhospitable conditions.

I will close with a statement from Norm Richardson, an ex-kiap, who appropriately described the efforts of his kiap comrades by saying:

They went where others feared to tread and did so without unnecessary bloodshed or disruption of the life of the people, frequently to the detriment of their own health and well being. The country was changed from a state of constant fear and predation, village upon village, to one of free travel, cooperation across language groups and peace between long standing tribal combatants.

I pay tribute to the amazing achievements of the kiaps in New Guinea and offer my wholehearted support to this motion. I should also say that it is unfortunate that bureaucracy can get in the way of appropriate recognition. The time has now come to strip away that bureaucratic impediment and to allow proper recognition of the kiaps, which they most justly deserve.

Ms HALL (Shortland) (7.46 pm)—Firstly, I would like to congratulate the member for Cook for bringing this very important motion to the House. In addition, I would like to say that it is very appropriate that we give recognition to the role the kiaps played in PNG. Furthermore, I would like to put on the record that I know that this has been a long campaign - It has gone over six or so years - and that you are getting towards the end of the road now.

I truly believe that there is going to be some form of recognition in the very near future. I have recently been to PNG with the Standing Committee on Health and Aging and we visited a number of remote villages. We were looking at the delivery of health services, Australia’s relationship with PNG and how we

work with PNG to deliver those services. Whilst I was there, I became very aware of the role that kiaps played, not only in law and order and protection which I will touch on in a moment and the other issues that the member for Cook mentioned in his motion, but also in the actual coordination and delivery of health services in those very remote areas. I think that is a role that is not widely recognised and, when it was no longer played after 1974, it left quite a gap in the provision of health services in those areas. It has been a long road since then to get to the stage we are at now, where we are probably coming to terms a little with just how difficult it is to deliver those services in those areas. We visited a number of the Torres Strait island villages and we also went to Daru and spoke with the governor of that area and of the Gulf area. They explained to us the sheer logistics that are associated with delivering those services. The kiaps were there; they coordinated it and without them there - I know that some of you are kiaps who worked there - that service would never have been delivered.

PNG is very different to Australia. We have remote areas in Australia, but our remoteness is different. The issues we have around keeping peace and harmony within the community are very different. The role played there by kiaps - and some of you are here tonight - was of vital importance. You kept those communities together. You kept those tribes together. You kept villages and districts functioning. And it was not just the villages that you lived in; it was also an area, a district, a region. You had just such enormous responsibility - as the member for Cowper detailed previously.

I have spoken at some length with the previous parliamentary secretary about the role that you played, and he really brought home to me how big the gap was that was left - particularly in the delivery of health services - when you were no longer there, and I concentrate on that because it is an area that I am particularly interested in. I know you have met with Senator Faulkner and I know that negotiations are taking place in relation to recognition and how that recognition should be tangible. I know that the government is working to see that formal recognition is given for the vital role that you played from the Australian perspective and from PNG’s perspective. I conclude by thanking you very much and  congratulating the member for Cook for bringing this very important information to the House.

The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Dr M J Washer) - Order! The time allotted for this debate has expired. The debate is adjourned and the resumption of the debate will be made an order of the day for the next sitting.

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