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'‘You can’t change the past, but you can live a different future.’ Bronwyn Bancroft
'‘These stories are powerful: sharing pain, humour, grief, hope and pride. Pride in family, community and survival. Pride in being Aboriginal.’ Sally Morgan
'From life in the desert to growing up on a mission, enduring devastating policies in the 1930s to bravely seizing new opportunities in the 1960s, these are fifteen true stories reflecting a diverse range of Aboriginal Australian experiences.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Epigraph:
The Native Welfare controlled every aspect of your
life in those days. It was very hard for Aboriginal
people then and I learned very young that I’d have to
be determined if I wanted to get anywhere.
– Elder Joan Winch
Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Foreword, single work essay (p. 7-12)
- Tracks, single work autobiography (p. 15-32)
- Life in Moore River, extract life story (p. 33-49)
- Growing Up Around Needilup, single work life story (p. 50-62)
- In Those Days, single work life story (p. 63-74)
- My Story, single work life story (p. 75-77)
- My Life in the Desert, single work life story (p. 78-85)
- My Mother, single work life story (p. 86-91)
- Growing Up with Family, single work life story (p. 92-103)
- Hiding, single work life story (p. 104-110)
- Opportunity, single work life story (p. 111-121)
- Mission Days, single work life story (p. 122-133)
- A Black Grandmother, single work life story (p. 134-144)
- Boorn - Taproot, single work life story (p. 145-156)
- Of Aboriginal Descent, single work life story (p. 157-160)
- Crossing the Line, single work life story (p. 161-167)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Foreword
2014
single work
essay
— Appears in: Remembered by Heart 2014; (p. 7-12) -
Review : Remembered by Heart
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 29 no. 3 2014; (p. 23)
— Review of Remembered by Heart 2014 anthology life story
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Review : Remembered by Heart
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 29 no. 3 2014; (p. 23)
— Review of Remembered by Heart 2014 anthology life story -
Foreword
2014
single work
essay
— Appears in: Remembered by Heart 2014; (p. 7-12)
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