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y separately published work icon The Colour of My Skin : Stories by Stolen Generation Survivors single work   oral history   children's  
Alternative title: Stories by Stolen Generations Survivors
Note: written and illustrated by the True Australian Aboriginal Survivors Group.
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The Colour of My Skin : Stories by Stolen Generation Survivors
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

The Colour of my Skin is a children's book that tells stories from Stolen Generations members in the Albury Wodonga and Woomera area, a group known as the 'True Australian Aboriginal Survivors'.

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Notes

  • This work contains:

    2. Map of the removals

    4. When the train came ​ by Aunty Essie

    6. The lost barracuda ​ by Uncle Laurie

    10. From rough to cut diamond​ by Aunty Avis

    12 Cloud dreaming by Aunty Betty

    14. Lost little girl ​ by Sherrelle

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Albury, Albury area, Riverina - Murray area, New South Wales,: True Australian Aboriginal Survivors Group , 2013 .
      image of person or book cover 7020082782635563085.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: [16 p.]p.
      Description: col. illus., map and ports.
      Note/s:
      • Includes 1 CD. to accompany The Colour of My Skin
      • First launched 8 October 2013 at the Albury Library Museum.
      • Sponsored by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation

        Issued by Albury-Wodonga Aboriginal Service and Woomera Aboriginal Corporation.

      • 'This book was made possible though the generous commitment of the True Australian Aboriginal Survivors Group and a strong partnership between Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service and Woomera Aboriginal Corporation' (Source: front cover verso)
      • 'The idea for this book was made possible through funding from the Healing Foundation to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen Generations.' (Source: colophon)
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