Gunshot Road (29 page)
As always, my greatest debt is to my Indigenous friends from Central Australia who opened their hearts to me and shared their stories.
I've been pestering people all over the country to make sure the details in this book are correct. My thanks to:
Marion Anderson
Galen Halverson
Gavin Mudd
Maree Corkeron
Brian Davey
Phil Hyland
Simon Maddin
John Dunster
Daniel Franks
Daniel McIntyre
David Nash
John Bell
Joy Bell
Patricia Rich
Gerard Roche
Riva Bohm
Jim Green
Nat Wasley
Wojciech Dabrowka
Graham Brown
Herb Evans
Roger Woods
Apologies to anyone I've left off. It's due more to my chaotic record-keeping than to any lack of appreciation for your efforts.
Of the many books consulted during the writing of
Gunshot Road
, two deserve special mention:
Snowball Earth
by Gabrielle Walker, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2003; and
Rock Star
by Kristin Weidenbach, East Street Publications, Adelaide, 2008.
Five friends have looked at this work in its various guises:
Bruce Schaeffer, Steve Manteit, Danielle Clode, Will Owen, Jane Simpson. Thank you all.
Mandy Brett, editor extraordinaire.
Mary Cunnane, agent extraordinaire.
The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.
Susan Bradley-Smith and my other colleagues at La Trobe University.
To the mob at the St Andrews pub, Helen and Stan, Kerry, Linda, Jo and Drewâthanks for keeping the coffee hot and the office quiet.
Finally, most importantly, to my beautiful girls, Kristin, Sally and Siena: you inhabit every word. Well, the nice ones anyway.
