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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
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[Review Essay] Under a Bilari Tree I Born
2004
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— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2004; (p. 110-112)
— Review of Under a Bilari Tree I Born 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)
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2003
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— Appears in: Aboriginal History , vol. 27 no. 2003; (p. 281-282)
— Review of Under a Bilari Tree I Born 2002 single work autobiography -
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2003
single work
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— 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 2002 single work autobiography -
Four Life Stories that Touch the Heart
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 2002 single work autobiography ; She's a Fat Tart, Ain't She? 2002 single work autobiography ; Under a Bilari Tree I Born 2002 single work autobiography ; Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures 2002 single work biography -
Oral Quarrel
2003
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review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 248 2003; (p. 16-17)
— Review of The Mish 2002 single work life story ; Under a Bilari Tree I Born 2002 single work autobiography ; The Man from the Sunrise Side 2001 single work autobiography
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A Life of Black and White
2003
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— Appears in: The West Australian , 4 January 2003; (p. 14)
— Review of Under a Bilari Tree I Born 2002 single work autobiography -
Oral Quarrel
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 248 2003; (p. 16-17)
— Review of The Mish 2002 single work life story ; Under a Bilari Tree I Born 2002 single work autobiography ; The Man from the Sunrise Side 2001 single work autobiography -
Four Life Stories that Touch the Heart
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 2002 single work autobiography ; She's a Fat Tart, Ain't She? 2002 single work autobiography ; Under a Bilari Tree I Born 2002 single work autobiography ; Mama Kuma : One Woman, Two Cultures 2002 single work biography -
Untitled
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 2002 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Aboriginal History , vol. 27 no. 2003; (p. 281-282)
— Review of Under a Bilari Tree I Born 2002 single work autobiography
- Pilbara area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,