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y separately published work icon Brutal : Surviving Westbrook Boys Home single work   autobiography  
Note: Al 'Crow' Fletcher's story as told to Cheryl Jorgensen.
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Brutal : Surviving Westbrook Boys Home
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'I drew my knees up and huddled in the corner. "How the hell did I get myself into this mess?" I kept askin' myself. Brutal is every boy's worst nightmare, come true for Al "Crow" Fletcher. It is the harrowing, true story of life inside one of Queensland's most feared institutions for orphaned, disadvantaged and Aboriginal youth. Thousands of children spent their formative years in fear and misery. All were scarred by the experience. Some perished. Many "graduated" to adult institutions. Crow Fletcher survived to tell his tale. This is it. Foreword by Senator Andrew Murray, Senator for Western Australia.' (Publisher's description)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Frenchs Forest, Killarney Heights - Frenchs Forest area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: New Holland , 2006 .
      Extent: 189p., [8]p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., ports
      ISBN: 1741104165
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Works about this Work

Non-Fiction Reviews Martin Crotty , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 March 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of Brutal : Surviving Westbrook Boys Home Alfred Fletcher , Cheryl Jorgensen , 2004 single work autobiography
Beaten but Not Bowed Pip Cummings , 2006 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 March 2006; (p. 20-21)
Off the Shelf Owen Richardson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 March 2006; (p. 32)
— Review of Brutal : Surviving Westbrook Boys Home Alfred Fletcher , Cheryl Jorgensen , 2004 single work autobiography
In Short : Non-Fiction Bruce Elder , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 March 2006; (p. 23)
— Review of Brutal : Surviving Westbrook Boys Home Alfred Fletcher , Cheryl Jorgensen , 2004 single work autobiography ; The Accidental Gangster : Life and Crimes of Bela Csidei Bela Csidei , 2005 single work autobiography
In Short : Non-Fiction Bruce Elder , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 March 2006; (p. 23)
— Review of Brutal : Surviving Westbrook Boys Home Alfred Fletcher , Cheryl Jorgensen , 2004 single work autobiography ; The Accidental Gangster : Life and Crimes of Bela Csidei Bela Csidei , 2005 single work autobiography
Off the Shelf Owen Richardson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 March 2006; (p. 32)
— Review of Brutal : Surviving Westbrook Boys Home Alfred Fletcher , Cheryl Jorgensen , 2004 single work autobiography
Non-Fiction Reviews Martin Crotty , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 March 2011; (p. 25)
— Review of Brutal : Surviving Westbrook Boys Home Alfred Fletcher , Cheryl Jorgensen , 2004 single work autobiography
Beaten but Not Bowed Pip Cummings , 2006 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 March 2006; (p. 20-21)
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Last amended 30 Nov 2015 14:45:42
Subjects:
  • Toowoomba, Toowoomba area, Darling Downs, Queensland,
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
Settings:
  • Toowoomba, Toowoomba area, Darling Downs, Queensland,
  • ca. 1950-1969
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