I, the Aboriginal
The 1962 book, written in first person, is described as the autobiography of Waipuldanya, a full-blood Aboriginal man of the Alawa tribe at Roper River (Ngukurr) in the Northern Territory, as told to Douglas Lockwood.The book concerns Waipuldanya's traditional upbringing and his training to become a skilled medical assistant for the Department of Health at Darwin Hospital.Lockwood wrote the book from more than 100 hours of interview with Roberts.[1][2] I, the Aboriginal won the major literary award at the Adelaide Festival of the Arts in 1962.[3] An ABC television film, in which Roberts played himself, was based on the book.