Tag Archives: Peggy Nampijinpa Brown

Peggy Napaljarri Brown’s fury

October 29, 2008 – 1:38 pm

As I walked up the road yesterday morning to get some milk, I spotted Peggy Napaljarri Brown, Jenny Macklin’s best new friend and Valerie Napaljarri Martin sitting in the shade of a tree outside the ramshackle office of the Yuendumu Mining Company. Next to her sat Harry Jakamarra Nelson.
They all have better things to be [...]

By Bob Gosford | Posted in The NT Intervention, Uncategorized, Yuendumu | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (11)

‘Ngurrju School, Ngurrju Pool’ (Yes School – Yes Pool) – Jenny Macklin finds a few friends at Yuendumu

October 28, 2008 – 3:54 pm

“I’ve found a friend!” Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin tells Crikey as she walks arm-in-arm across the dusty main street of Yuendumu with Peggy Nampijinpa Brown.
Jenny and Nampijinpa have just been to visit the several hundred people who have come down from their sorry business at West Camp where they are mourning the recent [...]

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Australian politics, NT local government, The NT Intervention, Yuendumu | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)