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Note: Anna Vitenbergs and Loreen Brehaut recorded, transcribed and edited this story as directed by Alice Bilari Smith.
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Under a Bilari Tree I Born
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'Alice Bilari Smith has lived in the Pilbara all her life, on stations and in the bush, on government reserves and in towns. As a girl on Rocklea Station she narrowly avoided removal from her family by 'the welfare'. Instead Alice learned to cook and launder, sew and clean, shoe horses, chop wood and milk cows. Her working life on stations continued as a young married woman and she added mustering, dingo scalping, shearers' assistant and sheepyard building to her skills. Alice Bilari Smith also grew up in the ways of the country, hunting, cooking and building in the traditional manner. By the time she had five children of her own she was playing an active role in caring for other Aboriginal children and she initiated the establishment of a Homemakers Centre in Roebourne.' (Source: TROVE)

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  • Dedication: For my sons and daughters, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and cousin family.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 2002 .
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      Extent: 233p.
      Description: illus., ports.
      ISBN: 1863683917 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

[Review Essay] Under a Bilari Tree I Born Pat Lowe , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2004; (p. 110-112)

— Review of Under a Bilari Tree I Born Alice Bilari Smith , 2002 single work autobiography

'For those working with Australian Indigenous languages, one of the challenges is to help speakers find ways to pass the language on to younger generations. Linguists and language centres have produced a range of resources for this purpose: wordbooks, bilingual dictionaries, learner’s grammars, language learning courses, to name a few. With the new series of picture dictionaries, planned for languages in Central Australia, IAD has come up with an innovative resource. Kaytetye picture dictionary is the second in this series and, as the name suggests, illustrations are an integral part of it.' (Introduction)

Untitled Doug Marmion , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Aboriginal History , vol. 27 no. 2003; (p. 281-282)

— Review of Under a Bilari Tree I Born Alice Bilari Smith , 2002 single work autobiography
Untitled Christine Choo , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , May no. 15 2003; Journal of Australian Studies , no. 78 2003; (p. 173-175)

— Review of Under a Bilari Tree I Born Alice Bilari Smith , 2002 single work autobiography
Four Life Stories that Touch the Heart Robert Willson , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 March 2003; (p. 6a)

— Review of Capital Correspondent : The Canberra Letters of Edwin Charles 1936-37 Edwin Charles , 2002 single work autobiography ; She's a Fat Tart, Ain't She? Pat Thompson , 2002 single work autobiography ; Under a Bilari Tree I Born Alice Bilari Smith , 2002 single work autobiography ; Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work biography
Oral Quarrel Bruce Sims , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 248 2003; (p. 16-17)

— Review of The Mish Robert Lowe , 2002 single work life story ; Under a Bilari Tree I Born Alice Bilari Smith , 2002 single work autobiography ; The Man from the Sunrise Side Ambrose Mungala Chalarimeri , 2001 single work autobiography
A Life of Black and White Graham Seal , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 4 January 2003; (p. 14)

— Review of Under a Bilari Tree I Born Alice Bilari Smith , 2002 single work autobiography
Oral Quarrel Bruce Sims , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 248 2003; (p. 16-17)

— Review of The Mish Robert Lowe , 2002 single work life story ; Under a Bilari Tree I Born Alice Bilari Smith , 2002 single work autobiography ; The Man from the Sunrise Side Ambrose Mungala Chalarimeri , 2001 single work autobiography
Four Life Stories that Touch the Heart Robert Willson , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 March 2003; (p. 6a)

— Review of Capital Correspondent : The Canberra Letters of Edwin Charles 1936-37 Edwin Charles , 2002 single work autobiography ; She's a Fat Tart, Ain't She? Pat Thompson , 2002 single work autobiography ; Under a Bilari Tree I Born Alice Bilari Smith , 2002 single work autobiography ; Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures Deborah Carlyon , 2002 single work biography
Untitled Christine Choo , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , May no. 15 2003; Journal of Australian Studies , no. 78 2003; (p. 173-175)

— Review of Under a Bilari Tree I Born Alice Bilari Smith , 2002 single work autobiography
Untitled Doug Marmion , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Aboriginal History , vol. 27 no. 2003; (p. 281-282)

— Review of Under a Bilari Tree I Born Alice Bilari Smith , 2002 single work autobiography
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