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Marnie Kennedy Marnie Kennedy i(A8944 works by) (a.k.a. Margaret Kennedy)
Born: Established: 1919 Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 1985
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Kalkadoon
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1 Hit the Road Marnie Kennedy , 1992 single work short story
— Appears in: Wilder Shores : Women's Travel Stories of Australia and Beyond 1992; (p. 178-180)
1 4 y separately published work icon Born a Half-Caste Marnie Kennedy , Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press , 1985 Z1171124 1985 single work autobiography

'Marnie Kennedy's story begins with her birth in 1919 on the banks of Coppermine Creek in Western Queensland. She tells of her journey to Palm Island where she grew up 'under the act' which dominated the lives of Aboriginal people in Queensland.

The book includes descriptions of Kennedy's hard working life on the cattle stations throughout the north and the people she encountered there. She wrote her story so that white people would come to know and understand the plight of her people by reading of her own life as a 'half-caste'.' Source: Publisher's blurb
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