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'Doris Pilkington Garimara was born on traditional birthing ground under a wintamarra tree. This is her life story which follows on from her mother, Molly Craig's story in ~Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence. Doris begins with the basic migration of her Mardu ancestors from the Western Australian desert to the cattle stations and settlements on its fringes.
Generations later, living in a workers' camp with her family on Balfour Downs Station, three-year old Doris' life is forever changed when she is removed by authorities to Moore River Native Settlement. This institution, for children judged to be identifiably of mixed race, was the place Molly had so famously escaped from a decade before.
The life of an institutional orphan, as seen through the eyes of a child, is movingly revealed... Leaving behind the regimentation of assigned routines and endless regulations, Doris goes to Perth to train as a nurse's aide but the racist culture of an institutional upbringing leaves an indelible mistrust of her own people. This is the obstacle she has to overcome when as a wife and mother she makes the courageous but difficult choice to find her mother and father, and to begin the journey to reclaim her Mardu heritage.' Source: Publisher's blurb
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Dedication: In memory of my daughter Geraldine and my granddaughter Akira Jade
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille.
- Also electronic source
Works about this Work
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'White But Not Quite' : Mimicry as Strategy in Doris Pilkington’s Under the Wintamarra Tree
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies : Reading History, Culture and Identity 2010; (p. 202-209) -
A Path of Words : The Reception of Autobiographical Australian Aboriginal Writing in Italy
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Indigenous Biography and Autobiography 2008; (p. 29-39) -
The Stolen Generations : Rites of Passage : Doris Pilkington interviewed by Anne Brewster
Anne Brewster
(interviewer),
2007
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 42 no. 1 2007; (p. 143-159) -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 17 no. 3 2003; (p. 49-50)
— Review of Under the Wintamarra Tree 2002 single work life story autobiography -
Coming to Terms
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Third Quarter vol. 22 no. 3 2003; (p. 63-64)
— Review of Under the Wintamarra Tree 2002 single work life story autobiography
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Life Matters
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 4 February vol. 121 no. [6358] 2003; (p. 75)
— Review of Under the Wintamarra Tree 2002 single work life story autobiography -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , May no. 15 2003;
— Review of Under the Wintamarra Tree 2002 single work life story autobiography -
Coming to Terms
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , Third Quarter vol. 22 no. 3 2003; (p. 63-64)
— Review of Under the Wintamarra Tree 2002 single work life story autobiography -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 17 no. 3 2003; (p. 49-50)
— Review of Under the Wintamarra Tree 2002 single work life story autobiography -
The Stolen Generations : Rites of Passage : Doris Pilkington interviewed by Anne Brewster
Anne Brewster
(interviewer),
2007
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 42 no. 1 2007; (p. 143-159) -
A Path of Words : The Reception of Autobiographical Australian Aboriginal Writing in Italy
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Indigenous Biography and Autobiography 2008; (p. 29-39) -
Story Continues
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 20 - 26 November 2002; (p. 3) -
All Tracks Lead to Jigalong
2002
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 December 2002; (p. 6-7) -
'White But Not Quite' : Mimicry as Strategy in Doris Pilkington’s Under the Wintamarra Tree
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies : Reading History, Culture and Identity 2010; (p. 202-209)
Awards
- Moore River, Guilderton - Gingin area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,
- Moore River Native Settlement (1918-1951), Western Australia,
- Pukayiyirna (Balfour Downs Station), Pilbara area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
- Western Australia,