It's Broome, 2010. Nyikina man Wayne Bergmann has just received a death threat. His wife has watched a friend cross the road to avoid speaking with her. His children are subject to intense schoolyard bullying. Bergmann, a boilermaker by trade, and lawyer, is chief executive of the Kimberley Land Council during the controversial James Price Point gas hub negotiations. It's an event that will tear the Broome community apart. Wayne's story starts on Nyikina country and encompasses backbreaking station work, buried treasure, a Swedish bone thief and traditional magic love songs. His is an electrifying tale of resilience, determination and optimism, which shows what it takes to be an Aboriginal person walking in two cultures in a country where racism runs deep.
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Some People Want to Shoot Me
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'I've spent the majority of my life fighting for the rights of Traditional Owners. This has put me in the firing line. But I chose this job, I chose this political path. My family did not.' - Wayne Bergmann
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- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction: Madelaine Dickie
- Abbreviations
- Map: The Kimberley
- Prologue: Bilby killer
- 1: With rosaries in one hand, revolvers in the other
- 2: The shadows that don’t exist
- 3: If you can make it in Fitzroy, you can make it anywhere
- 4: The frontline and the battleline
- 5: Every strong life calls forth enemies
- 6: I challenge anyone to take that kind of fire
- 7: Work hard, have fun, get shit done
- 8: Judge, jury and executioner
- 9: ‘You’re blackfellas, you can’t run a property.’
- 10: A mind endlessly restless
- Notes
- Works cited
- Select bibliography
- Acknowledgements
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