Introduction

W e h stanner's essay, dermigam and nangi mary is still the best thing i've read on indigenous australia. It's a biographic account of demegam, a nangiamary man who stana met in 19 32 on the daily river in the northern territory. Robert mann wrote that it is the finest essay by an australian that i have read. And keith winchuttle argued thatstanner was one of the most impressive essayists australia has ever produced. I will leave you with that cliff hanger. But if you're an infoval who enjoys reading widely, including things like der