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Patricia Ansell Patricia Ansell i(9681456 works by) (a.k.a. Pat Ansell; Patricia Dodds)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Arrernte ; Aboriginal Anmatyerre / Anmatyerr
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1 Buffel Grass i "Do you remember when the old people used to burn the country", Patricia Ansell , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4 June 2022; (p. 20)
1 St Mary's Patricia Ansell , 2000 single work life story
— Appears in: Ngoonjook , July no. 17 2000; (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)
1 Mother's Story i "where are my children?", Patricia Ansell , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Ngoonjook , July no. 17 2000; (p. 24)
1 Stolen Children i "where did I come from?", Patricia Ansell , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Ngoonjook , July no. 17 2000; (p. 24)
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