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...progressed from pidgin English ("Big feller rain bin come up") to the less colorful but more practical Queen's English ("I think we are in for a heavy downpour"). Several Aborigines are now serving with Australian forces in South Viet Nam. A 15-year-old Aborigine girl, Yvonne Goologong, is the national junior women's tennis champion. A few, such as Public Health Official Phillip Roberts (known to his tribe as Wadjiri-Wadjiri), even hold government jobs. So far, though, only two have managed to break far enough into the white man's culture to receive college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia: Aboriginal Activity | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

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