The Wheel Turns for Homeless Indigenous People in Darwin,1967-2007

Slim Dusty described the City of Darwin as 'the big heart of the country.' For the thirsty traveller from the south passing through isolated towns along the highway, Darwin rises out of the haze like a New Jerusalem, proclaiming, 'I am making everything new.' As the Book of Revelation continues, 'Those who overcome will inherit all this...' Although the streets are not quite paved with gold, Darwin is indeed the 'Arafura pearl' of song, a multiracial city growing upwards and outwards as never before in its history. As the city spreads, the term 'long grasser' to describe the homeless is becoming redundant - there is scarcely any long grass in which to hide.