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5 12 y separately published work icon Who Am I? : The Diary of Mary Talence : Sydney, 1937 Diary of Mary Talence Anita Heiss , ( trans. Anna Torrisi with title El Diario de Mary Talence ) Barcelona : Takusan Ediciones , 2005 Z924982 2001 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction (taught in 1 units) Mary was taken to Bomaderry Aboriginal Children's Home when she was only five years old. Now she's ten years old and living with a white family in Sydney. She doesn't fit in and starts to question why. We live Mary's emotional, psychological and physical journey through her twelve months of diary entries, explaining the collective story of the those members of the Stolen Generation removed under policies of Protection in NSW. The diary format helps to transport readers back through time to 1938 and the lead up to the Sesquintennary and the Day of Mourning Conference and protest in Sydney. Source: Anita Heiss.
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