Katherine
As part of the Year of the Outback in 2002, Terri Underwood of Riverin Station coordinated a major funding drive for the sculpting of a larger-than-life-sized bronzed statue of a man on horseback.
And not just any man, but one with the sharp skills of a stockman and the cultural background of his people -- Peter Sabu Sing, who died 10 years ago.
His skills as a stockman and his determination to succeed in an era when the promotion of Aboriginal people was incredibly difficult, has been applauded.
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more 
