Papers by D.R. Bell, C.H. Berndt, P. Duncan, J. Green, L.A. Hercus, A. Laurie and A. McGrath, J.E. Mathews, H.E. Payne, L.F. Oates, J.C. Reid, D.E. Smith, M.R.E. Tonkinson, D.E. Barwick, B.F. Meehan, and I.M. White separately annotated.

Contents: Contributors -- Maps -- Preface -- 'Two Dreamtimes' - Judith Wright -- 1. Topsy Napurrula Nelson: Teacher, Philosopher and Friend - Diane Bell -- 2. Mondalmi: One of the Saltwater People - Catherine Berndt -- 3. A Teacher's Life - Pearl Duncan -- 4. Utopian Women - Jenny Green -- 5. Eileen McKenzie - Luise Hercus -- 6. I Was a Drover Once Myself: Amy Laurie of Kununurra - Amy Laurie and Ann McGrath -- 7. Lorna Dixon - Janet Mathews -- 8. Emily Margaret Horneville of the Muruwari - Lynette Oates -- 9. Inyalangka - Helen Payne -- 1.0 My Sister Who Mothered Me - Janice Reid -- 11. Running Free: Three Kugu-Nganychara Women - Diane Smith -- 12. Two Women of Jigalong - Myrna Tonkinson -- 13. Aunty Ellen: The Pastor's Wife - Diane Barwick -- 14. Bandeiyama: She Keeps Going - Betty Meehan -- 15. Mangkatina: Woman of the Desert - Isobel White.

Includes bibliographies.