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'The Indigenous public servant is a relatively recent phenomenon — a product of the maturing of the programs of assimilation and the inception of the programs of self-determination. That the Indigenous administrative memoir is recent follows from this, but it is also relevant to point out that the genre Indigenous autobiography is itself not yet fifty years old. In this essay, I will tell you about three Indigenous autobiographies in which the authors (all male) have produced an account of themselves partly by reflecting on their times as a public servant. In each case, the theme ‘impersonality’ is prominent, but each time in a different way.' (Introduction)
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Aboriginality and Impersonality : Three Australian Indigenous Administrative Memoirs
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- A Bastard Like Me 1975 single work autobiography
- An Australian Son 1996 single work autobiography
- Black Hours 1996 single work autobiography
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