This story of the battle to secure a small living area on a giant cattle station provides a glimpse of the contemporary colonial reality of Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory.

Beginning with the violent dispossession and resettlement of the Alyawarre people, Lyon and Parsons describe the indispensable role of Aboriginal labour in the building of the station, the fight to improve industrial and living conditions, and the decades of struggle to achieve secure title to a suitable place to live. 

"Few people appreciate the blood, sweat and tears behind the land rights movement. This book will help more people understand the heartlessness of so much of the pastoral industry - backed by the intransigence of government."

— Pat Dodson, Commissioner, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (former Director of the Central Land Council)

"It is an important historical document and a moving account of Aboriginal steadfastness in their attachment to the land and the strength and constancy of their stewardship for its care."

— Dr H.C. (Nugget) Coombs