In the Australian outback early in the twentieth century, near Wiluna in the North West of Western Australia, Ron and Debbie Guthrey pioneer a cattle station. They build a shack near Kaapi Yalta, which means Cool Water, a spring and small pool, which is periodically visited by Aborigines. Ron earns additional income by droving cattle down the Canning Stock Route from Wyndham to Wiluna. After three months absence, he returns to Kaapi Yalta to find his pregnant wife missing and ominous blood stains on the mattress.
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In 1954 Todd, Patricia and their two children leave the lush climate of New Zealand for the desert of Western Australia with the intention of bringing the light of civilisation and the truths of Christianity to the Wangkayi Aborigines at the mission settlement at Cundeelee.
Todd pursues his teaching goals and Patricia her nursing, while evangelising and attempting to assimilate these people whom they at first labelled as ignorant, unsophisticated heathens. Both Todd and Patricia gradually awaken to the Aboriginal qualities of sensitivity and creativity, with deep spiritual underpinnings in their long lasting culture...
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From a full, active life I chose several personal experiences to tell my new great grandson about me, his great grandfather whose name he carrys, Robert. My role as a milkman is a metaphor of life, my experiences with the desert Aborigines of Western Australia in the 1950s, reflections on marriage,travel, and thoughts gleaned from sociology, anthropology, and philosophy. i share with him and you, the reader, my joy of life, my bliss. - Robert
Many white academics have studied the Australian Aborigines, but few have earned the respect of the Aboriginal people sufficiently to invite them to be initiated into a tribe...
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How do you let someone know you love them? How do you Keep Love Alive over time?
Watch parents with their children, dedicated teachers with their students, adolescents with their first awakenings, and you will see that they demonstrate many kinds of love in an infinite number of ways.
Love has changed, but never diminished.
Love has found new treasures that have not tarnished or decayed...
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In honour of the Wangkayi community at Cundeelee
Thank you to the State Library of Western Australia for the use of donated photos