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Marjorie Woodrow Marjorie Woodrow i(A95339 works by) (a.k.a. Yama Karra; Marjorie Wyman; Marjorie Steadman; Marjorie Steadson; Marjorie Johnson; Margaret Rose Keewong)
Born: Established: 1926 New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 form Marjorie Woodrow Marjorie Woodrow , 2007 single work film/TV oral history
— Appears in: Stolen Generations' Testimonies 2007;
1 1 y separately published work icon Long Time Coming Home : As Recalled by Marjorie Woodrow Long Time Coming Home Marjorie Woodrow , Dianne Decker , Lake Haven : Marjorie Woodrow , 2001 Z1398913 2001 single work life story

'In telling her own story, Majrorie gives voice to countless others whose stories remain untold.

Marjorie was separated at the age of two. She did not see her mother again until 68 years later. The maltreatment she received from those charged with caring for her "welfare" will be sadly familiar to other Aboriginal men and women who were denied the love and guidance of their own families because of the policies of separation.

There is pain and sadness in this story but the strongest theme is courage. Courage and resilience and determination...' Source: Long Time Coming Home (2001)
1 y separately published work icon One of the Lost Generation Marjorie Woodrow , Narromine : Marjorie Woodrow , 1990 Z1268553 1990 single work autobiography

'When I went home to find how my people are still living makes my blood boil, see they are still suffering, to have leaned that my great Auntie had helped to do how language, Ngiyambaa, and never was paid for it was a shock to me...' (Source: One of the Lost generation, 1998:5)
1 Link-up i "In the bush", Marjorie Woodrow , 1990 single work poetry
— Appears in: One of the Lost Generation 1990; (p. 57-59)
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