This biographical entry was contributed by Australian Indigenous Autobiography Archive. Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
They later moved to a Housing Commission in the town itself. Wilcannia: a predominantly Aboriginal town in remote New South Wales. Stan felt most safe at school in Griffith, because he had lots of tough Aboriginal friends. By this time, the principal at Griffith High had already asked Stan to leave school.
Stan took time off school to help with sales. It was there that he met Marcia Langton, who advised him to attend University. As a television personality, Stan was encouraged to act as a role model for Aboriginal people in prisons, schools, and depressed communities. He felt uncomfortable in this role, because his elevated circumstances separated him from the people he was supposed to help. In , the Stan he was sent from London to Ireland to cover the Marching season in Belfast: when the Protestant Orangemen paraded through Catholic streets.
Stan criticises the Methodists who converted his ancestors to Christianity in missions around New South Wales. He believes that, by extolling a strong work ethic, the Methodists encouraged Aboriginal subordination. M : the evangelical organisation that established missions at Bulgandramine and Condobolin. After fleeing the scene, Stan learnt that the brick had chipped a bone. Stan remembers his mother punching his father in the face, when he returned from a weeklong drinking spree.
He believes that his career on television made him selfish, and this contributed to the breakdown of his relationship. Firstly, he was still married to Karla at the time, and felt committed to his family. After one year together, Tracey gave birth to their son Jesse. Stan has childhood memories of his maternal grandfather waiting for the postman on pension day, and spending all of his allowance on alcohol.
