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'This book is part of a community literacy program Our Words Our Stories, supporting Aboriginal people in the Manning write their stories.' (Source: TROVE)
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Back on the Block : Bill Simon's Story
Canberra
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Aboriginal Studies Press
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2009
Z1592621
2009
single work
autobiography
'Stolen, beaten, deprived of his liberty and used as child labour, Bill Simon was locked up in the notorious Kinchela Boys Home for 8 years where he was told his mother didn't want him, and that he was 'the scum of the earth'. His experiences there would shape his life forever...
Bill Simon got angry, something which poisoned his life for the next 2 decades. A life of self-abuse and crime which finally saw him imprisoned.. From The Block in Sydney's Redfern, one of the most contentious and misunderstood places in Australia, Bill Simon tells the truth about life in one of Australia's most terrible juvenile institutions, where thousands of boys were warehoused and abused.' Source: Publisher's blurb
- Manning River Valley, Tamworth area, New England, New South Wales,
- Kinchela Creek, Kempsey area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,
