Longgrassing in Paradise
Monte Dwyer
Darwin longgrassers have been living large since the beginning. They come from all over the Territory to camp in the public spaces around town, to catch up with family and friends, attend health and legal matters, holiday and shop, and drink. Especially drink. And the whitefellas don’t like it. They think they’re noisy and dirty and rude. So, they try to move them on.
For 150 years they’ve been trying to move them on. But the longgrassers won’t go. Yet beneath this running battle between the settled and the free lurks an undeniable truth about colonisation that is almost Newtonian in style. This is a story of resilience and denial against outrageous odds, an underdog’s triumph of survival in the modern world, for a people who just refuse to give in
Contains Culturally Sensitive Material.
Duration - 6h 4m.
Author - Monte Dwyer.
Narrator - Monte Dwyer.
Published Date - Monday, 22 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2024 Monte Dwyer ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Darwin longgrassers have been living large since the beginning. They come from all over the Territory to camp in the public spaces around town, to catch up with family and friends, attend health and legal matters, holiday and shop, and drink. Especially drink. And the whitefellas don’t like it. They think they’re noisy and dirty and rude. So, they try to move them on. For 150 years they’ve been trying to move them on. But the longgrassers won’t go. Yet beneath this running battle between the settled and the free lurks an undeniable truth about colonisation that is almost Newtonian in style. This is a story of resilience and denial against outrageous odds, an underdog’s triumph of survival in the modern world, for a people who just refuse to give in Contains Culturally Sensitive Material. Duration - 6h 4m. Author - Monte Dwyer. Narrator - Monte Dwyer. Published Date - Monday, 22 January 2024. Copyright - © 2024 Monte Dwyer ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:08
Author Notes
Duration:00:02:29
Introduction
Duration:00:07:18
Chapter 1: Impressions
Duration:00:10:42
Chapter 2: The Informant
Duration:00:22:28
Chapter 3: Longgrassing in Paradise
Duration:00:20:01
Chapter 4: Contact
Duration:00:14:27
Chapter 5: Town Camps
Duration:00:23:04
Chapter 6: Mary's Camp
Duration:00:14:44
Chapter 7: Coolies to Kahlin
Duration:00:12:24
Chapter 8: The Recursive Loop
Duration:00:14:24
Chapter 9: Selly Welly
Duration:00:16:00
Chapter 10: Assimilating Assimilation
Duration:00:16:40
Chapter 11: Busking or Begging
Duration:00:12:46
Chapter 12: Worrisome Wadeye
Duration:00:16:47
Chapter 13: Grog Dog
Duration:00:17:45
Chapter 14: 40 Years of Good Intentions
Duration:00:16:49
Chapter 15: Mainstream Dreaming
Duration:00:17:12
Chapter 16: Finding Mary
Duration:00:17:37
Chapter 17: Us v Them
Duration:00:23:53
Chapter 18: Kenbi
Duration:00:22:02
Chapter 19: Violence
Duration:00:14:22
Chapter 20: Same Same But Different
Duration:00:12:43
Chapter 21: They of the Everywhen
Duration:00:17:52
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:01