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Contents
- What's Happening Over There in That Demountable?i"It's an odd thing when", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Five Years Old at St Mary's Children's Homei"she was a motherless child,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Purplei"I have seen my vision of old things that", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Covei"It remined me so much", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Mulberryi"round and round the mulberry tree", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Poemi"sometimes I want to say", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Memories of My Mother and Father, from My Autobiography: Tentatively Titled 'I Forgot to Remember to Forget.', single work life story (p. 15-18)
- Medium Bluei"blue", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Inland Seai"Blue", single work poetry (p. 18)
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From My Autobiography : 'I Forgot to Remember to Forget' : Laurie,
single work
life story
(p. 18-20)'I've been married thirty-seven years and I'm proud of it.' (Abstract)
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St Mary's,
single work
life story
(p. 22-24)
'When I was five years old, my older sister Barbara and I were taken from a sheep station called Mt Ester, near Ti Tree, and brought to Alice Springs. This happened in 1953 when the Assimilation Act was made for the removal of Aboriginal children in Australia. We were put in a home for Aboriginal children called St Mary's. It has taken my sister and me forty five years to find out what really happened to us because of this policy. We were in St Mary's until my dad managed to get us back with the family...' (Abstract)
- Stolen Childreni"where did I come from?", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Mother's Storyi"where are my children?", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Untitledi"I feel like going around", single work poetry (p. 26)
- I Love My Baby Brother : I Just Don't like Him Drinking Grogi"Young people don't like looking for a job", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Whitemani"whiteman got good English", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Talking Lovei"When you went back to the waterhole", single work poetry (p. 27)
- The Dragon Fly (a Story-song for Children)i"I've been thinking", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Octopusi"so many hand", single work poetry (p. 29)
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Hello, My Name Is Norah Nelson Napaljarri,
single work
autobiography
(p. 30-32)
'I was born at Papunya. My mother is Warlpiri and my father is Pintupi. I speak Warlpiri, my mother's language, and Pintupi, my father's language. My mother's name is Peggy Nagala Ross. My father's name is Banjo Jungarryi Tex. My father was born at Nginyinipalangu (Lake Mackay) area, and when he was a middle-aged man he went to Mount Doreen station. My mother was married to Charlie Jungarryi Jurrah, first.' (Abstract)
