The Versatile Man (Don Ross) Stories & Poems When they came to take

When they came to take the fair-skinned Aboriginal children away

along with the need to meet community expectations regarding language and cultural programming

Eventually the social barriers Roderick confronts and the psychological defences he constructs to survive them build to a pressure-cooker intensity

practical instruction in the basics of the Kaytetye language

The Versatile Man (Don Ross) Stories & Poems When they came to takeThe Life and Times of Don Ross Kaytetye Stockman Born in Barrow Creek, north of Alice Springs, to an Aboriginal mother and a white father, Don grew up on Neutral Junction station, between two worlds: the white settler world of his grandfather and other station owners, and the Kaytetye world of his mothers family. He knew both cultures and spoke both languages, and experienced the uneasy tension of living between the two. Don was an eager eight year