The Shield and The Spear – The Kimberley Land Council Ubby's Our words are the song

Our words are the song of our ancestors and show the pathway to Dreaming

Sad and lonely at the end of the day

WINNER – 2016 Indigenous Writer's Prize in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards

Cover painting: John Frost 'Knowing My Past'

Brought to Perth at the age of seventeen as a ‘spare wheel’ to his mate Jim Anderson

The Shield and The Spear – The Kimberley Land Council Ubby's Our words are the songSHORTLISTED, 2022 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PREMIER'S BOOK AWARDS, THE PREMIER'S PRIZE FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR In April 1978 leaders from Aboriginal Communities across the Kimberley met in the river bed at Old Halls Creek. At least 55 representatives attended, which closed with a request to the Noonkanbah Mob to invite all the Aboriginal Communities in the Kimberley to a Cultural Festival and meeting in May 1978, at which a new organisation The Kimberley Land