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Dulcie Isaro Dulcie Isaro i(A111087 works by) (birth name: Dulcie Thaiday) (a.k.a. Dulcie Polowea Isaro)
Born: Established: 1942 ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Torres Strait Islander ; Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 1 y separately published work icon The Day Palm Island Fought Back : The Strike of 1957 Dulcie Isaro , Dulcie Isaro (illustrator), Thuringowa : Black Ink Press , 2011 Z1903332 2011 single work non-fiction Indigenous story

'Dulcie grew up under 'The Act'. She was a fifteen year old girl in 1957, when her home of Palm Island in North Queensland was disturbed by a strike. On that day, her family's life changed forever, as Dulcie records in words and pictures. Essential reading for Queensland history.' (Source: Black Ink Press website)
1 form y separately published work icon Go For Broke Dulcie Isaro , St Kilda : Larrikin Films , 2007 Z1539516 2007 single work film/TV Go For Broke re-lives the Palm Island strike of 1957 through a play written by Dulcie Isaro. As a fifteen-year-old girl, Dulcie witnessed her father's key role as one of the strike leaders and was expelled from Palm along with six other familles when the strike was brutally repressed. Still haunted by her memories, Dulcie returned to Palm Island in 1994 only to find that this proud chapter had all but been forgotten. (Film synopsis)
1 1 Strike of 57 Dulcie Isaro , 2007 single work drama

'Strike of 57' is based on the recollections of playwright Dulcie Isaro who is the daughter of striker Willie Thaiday. Dulcie was 14 years of age at the time of the strike.
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