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Betty Lockyer Betty Lockyer i(A102881 works by)
Born: Established: 1942 Beagle Bay, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Nyulnyul / Nyul Nyul
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1 2 y separately published work icon Last Truck Out Betty Lockyer , Broome : Magabala Books , 2009 Z1607267 2009 single work autobiography

'Last Truck Out is an emotional account of Betty Lockyer's life that describes her early school years, as she witnessed children being forcibly removed from their families. Her story reveals the deep hurt caused to displaced and dispossessed Aboriginal people by government policy.
'With an Aboriginal mother and an Asian father, Lockyer remembers her own family being regulated by these strict assimilation policies.

'Last Truck Out tells of a time and place unique to Australia.'

(Source: Publisher's note)
1 1 War Baby Betty Lockyer , 1999 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Holding up the Sky : Aboriginal Women Speak 1999; (p. 21-53)

'...I was about five years old when I left the mission, but I can still remember events which must have occurred much earlier than my five-year-old memory...'
1 5 y separately published work icon Holding up the Sky : Aboriginal Women Speak Della Walker , Betty Lockyer , Olive Morrison , Tazuko Kaino , Magdalene Van Prehn , Cecily Wellington , Lorna Cox , Althea Illin , Kathy Richards , Broome : Magabala Books , 1999 Z911264 1999 anthology life story

'In this unique collection, nine Aboriginal women from around the country recount their lives. These are ordinary women - mothers, grandmothers, workers - with extraordinary life experiences. Their stories vary widely, but all touch in some way on what it has been like to grow up as a black woman in white Australia. Heartfelt, funny, courageous, disturbing, poignant, angry - this book is a testament to its contributors' spirit, strength and fortitude.' (Source: TROVE)
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