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y separately published work icon Once in Broome single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Once in Broome
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Once in Broome Sally Bin Demin , Broome : Magabala Books , 2007 Z1424609 2007 single work autobiography (taught in 2 units) The story is of chilhood memories of love and freedom in a culturally mixed pearling town unique in Australia. The memoirs convey an impression of great richness, sensuousness and diversity. Bin Demin's account is not completely idyllic, Broome is a town where people were classified into racial groups and given status accordingly and the more you had Aboriginal ancestry the less you were accepted. Full-blood Aboriginal people were not allowed within the town without proper permission. The Sun picture theatre was segregated and mixed race people were classified using terms such as octoroon. Myth of Oz: Film and Fiction University of Wollongong 2012 (Semester 2)
y separately published work icon Once in Broome Sally Bin Demin , Broome : Magabala Books , 2007 Z1424609 2007 single work autobiography (taught in 2 units) The story is of chilhood memories of love and freedom in a culturally mixed pearling town unique in Australia. The memoirs convey an impression of great richness, sensuousness and diversity. Bin Demin's account is not completely idyllic, Broome is a town where people were classified into racial groups and given status accordingly and the more you had Aboriginal ancestry the less you were accepted. Full-blood Aboriginal people were not allowed within the town without proper permission. The Sun picture theatre was segregated and mixed race people were classified using terms such as octoroon. Film and Fiction University of Wollongong 2015 (Semester 2)
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