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'A fictional account of one woman's journey to find her family and heritage, Caprice won the 1990 David Unaipon Award for unpublished Indigenous writers. Its publication marked the beginning of Doris Pilkington Garimara's illustrious writing career.
Set in the towns, pastoral stations and orphanage-styled institutions of Western Australia, this story brings together the lives of three generations of Mardu women. The narrator Kate begins her journey with the story of her grandmother Lucy, a domestic servant, then traces the short and tragic life of her mother Peggy.
Kate was born into the institutionalised world of the Settlement, taught Christian doctrine and trained for a career as a domestic. Gradually and painfully she sheds this narrowly prescribed identity, as she sets out on the pilgrimage home.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Epigraph: In the life of an Aboriginal woman, no one is more important than her mother when she is young, her daughters when she is old. - Annette Hamilton Women's Role in Aboriginal Society
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Dedication: Thanks to my children for their love and support and to Edward for his love, friendship and support.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Going Places, Going Native
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Identity In Place : Contemporary Indigenous Fiction by Women Writers in The United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand 2011; (p. 113-134) -
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: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 77 2003; (p. 169-170)
— Review of Caprice : A Stockman's Daughter 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , March no. 13 2003;
— Review of Caprice : A Stockman's Daughter 1991 single work novel -
Nugi Garimara (Doris Pilkington) Interviewed by Christine Watson
Christine Watson
(interviewer),
2002
single work
interview
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 28 no. 1 2002; (p. 23-38)
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Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , March no. 13 2003;
— Review of Caprice : A Stockman's Daughter 1991 single work novel -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 77 2003; (p. 169-170)
— Review of Caprice : A Stockman's Daughter 1991 single work novel -
Facts Speak for Themselves
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 134 1991; (p. 40-41)
— Review of Caprice : A Stockman's Daughter 1991 single work novel -
New Paperbacks
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 October 1991; (p. 45)
— Review of Caprice : A Stockman's Daughter 1991 single work novel -
Recalling Vivid Memories of Nurturers and Entertainers
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 November 1991; (p. 23)
— Review of Caprice : A Stockman's Daughter 1991 single work novel ; Springtime in Taranaki : An Autobiography of Youth 1983 single work 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) -
Going Places, Going Native
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Identity In Place : Contemporary Indigenous Fiction by Women Writers in The United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand 2011; (p. 113-134) -
Book Notes
1990
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 September 1990; (p. 77) -
Shelf Life [20 April 1991]
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 20 April 1991; (p. 7) -
About Books : Aboriginal Literary Voices
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , November vol. 2 no. 2 1991; (p. 8-10)
Awards
- Western Australia,
- Roelands Native Mission, Bunbury area, Bunbury - Capel - Collie area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,
- Moore River Native Settlement (1918-1951), Western Australia,