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Rosemary van den Berg Rosemary van den Berg i(A21304 works by) (birth name: Rosemary Corbett)
Born: Established: 1939 Moore River, Guilderton - Gingin area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal Noongar / Nyoongar / Nyoongah / Nyungar / Nyungah/Noonygar ; Aboriginal
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BiographyHistory

Rosemary van den Berg was born at Moore River Native Settlement. Her parents moved to Pinjarra when she was five years old, where they bought a five acre block of land. Van den Berg grew up with five sisters and four brothers. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (English) and a Ph.D. from Curtin University.

Van den Berg has worked for the Department of Aboriginal Affairs in Perth, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) and the Australian Public Service in the area of Aboriginal Affairs. She has also been a writer and an editor, as well as an historian, a grandmother and an Aboriginal Elder.

Van den Berg is the fourth daughter of Thomas Corbett who was the subject of her book, No Options, No Choice! : The Moore River Experience : My Father, Thomas Corbett, an Aboriginal Half-Caste (1994).

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Conference papers:

    • "Heritage, Identity and Belonging Place: Aboriginal Life Story Writing", Identites, Images, Representation (s) conference, Universite de La Rochelle, France, 1-3 September 2011.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Man from the Sunrise Side Broome : Magabala Books , 2001 Z959345 2001 single work autobiography

'A fascinating account of a people from the far north Kimberley of Western Australia who have experienced upheaval on a monumental scale. Chalarimeri tells of the customs of his ‘people from the sunrise side’ and what he calls ‘the clash of two cultures’. His views on contemporary issues that are impacting on his beloved country—native title, appropriation of rock art, Aboriginal health and the effects of tourism on the pristine Kimberley wilderness are compelling.' (Source: publishers website)
2002 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — People's Choice Award
2002 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
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