Not Even Good Enough to Build a Windmill
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A local legend in Broome, Uncle Neville Poelina has lived a colourful life. He has worked as a tourism operator, a businessman, a pearl diver and a labourer for main roads WA. He s faced down sharks, crocodiles, and racists with wit and humour. Warm hearted and compassionate, he tells the story of his family with compelling intelligence and generosity. Neville grew up in Broome, the son of a Nyikina woman and a Timorese pearl diver, and has 13 siblings and a large extended family. His knowledge of the Kimberley is unique and detailed, and he brings a sense of humour and engaging and surprising compassion to his storytelling. Welcoming, open and charming, he tells his life story with wacky energy coupled with deep feeling.
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- ISBN: 9781922864468
- Author: Neville Poelina, Addison
- Pub date: 26.05.26
- RRP: $39.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
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Neville Poelina, Addison
Neville Poelina is a Nyikina man from the Kimberley. He has lived in the Kimberley all his life and holds a wealth of knowledge of the region. He has traditional ties right throughout the Kimberley and Aboriginal culture and society is his life. He has been operating his own tourism business Uptuyu Adventures since 2002. Ross Addison is a non-Indigenous biographer and writer who has lived in the Kimberley and has been a friend to Neville for many years.