The technique known to social scientists as a ‘one-shot case study’ is not new in the field of Aboriginal studies. The pioneer work was Mahkarolla and Murngin Society, in the anthropological work, A Black Civilization, by W. Lloyd Warner, 1937. This appendix was a short life story of an Aboriginal man told in the first person. It is difficult to know whether such works should be classified as biographies, autobiographies, or simply as life stories. The next book in this field was Tell the Whiteman, by H.E. Thonemann. This was the life story of an Aboriginal Lubra, Buludja, and appeared in 1949. In 1962 appeared I, The Aboriginal, the story of Waipuldanya or, whitefella name, Phillip Roberts, put together from 100 hours of interviews by the well-known journalist, Douglas Lockwood. Lamilami Speaks, published in 1974, was touted as an autobiography, but it is the joint effort of many minds, though this does not detract from the interest of the story. Most of these books are about traditional Aboriginal people, but life stories have been made of Lionel Rose, Sir Douglas Nicholls and Reg Saunders, the first Aboriginal army officer.