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Stop Press! Public outflowing of support for Albert Namatjira

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Reporting of the trial of Albert Namatjira was sympathetic, though sensational coverage often hid the facts of the case; that becoming a citizen was at the cost of relinquishing ordinary social relationships with kinsfolk.

Reporting of the trial of Albert Namatjira was sympathetic, though sensational coverage often hid the facts of the case; that becoming a citizen was at the cost of relinquishing ordinary social relationships with kinsfolk.

Source: Various Australian newspapers 1958



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Public response to Namatjira court case and death

Documents - Albert Namatjira and citizenship, 1958-59