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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Women of the Centre
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'From Maralinga to the Murray, Alice to Adelaide, fifteen Aboriginal women tell their stories of walking through atomic clouds, being taken from their mothers in the process of 'Assimilation', tribal punishment and tribal life. Two even had time to play Test Cricket and enter the Miss Australia Quest.'

'Extraordinary stories of survival in a land that wasn't harsh until the first white man declared the land uninhabited. These are Australian women to be reckoned with, women who reared children for tomorrow's Australia in defiance of a government whose policy was to 'smooth the pillow of a dying race'. (Source: Back cover)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Apollo Bay, Apollo Bay - Torquay area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,:Pascoe Publishing , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
From The Heart, Muriel Olsson , single work life story

'I'll go back to the time I lived at Ernabella...that was in about 1936...I can remember back to that time.'

 (p. 11-26)
From the Shoulder, Faith Thomas , single work life story

'I was two weeks old when I was placed in Colebrook Children's Home at Quorn...'

 (p. 27-46)
Finding Family, Audrey Kinnear , single work life story (p. 48-66)
Memories of Daisy Bates, Lorna Grantham , single work life story (p. 68-87)
Maralinga Dust, Lallie Lennon , single work life story (p. 88-98)
Fair Devil Sticky Beak, Miriam Dadleh , single work life story (p. 99-114)
It was Cruel, Ruth McKenzie , single work life story (p. 115-128)
Travelling the Stations, Eva Strangways , single work life story (p. 129-138)
Born Out Bush, Milly Taylor , single work life story (p. 139-156)
Murray River Woman, Jenny Grace , single work life story (p. 157-172)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Apollo Bay, Apollo Bay - Torquay area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,: Pascoe Publishing , 1990 .
      Extent: 192p.
      Description: illus., maps, ports.
      Note/s:
      • Introduction by Adele Pring.
      • Contains notes on traditional Aboriginal life in Central Australia, the Flinders Ranges and the River Murray, Lakes and Coorong areas.
      • Contains a timeline of government policies and legislation affecting people in South Australia including the intentions and consequences.
      • Contains a glossary of terms used in the stories and a pronunciation guide for Aboriginal words used in the stories.
      ISBN: 0947087230
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Works about this Work

A Diverse Resilience Lisa Bellear , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , December vol. 2 no. 4 1990; (p. 21-22)
— Review of Women of the Centre 1990 anthology life story
A Diverse Resilience Lisa Bellear , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , December vol. 2 no. 4 1990; (p. 21-22)
— Review of Women of the Centre 1990 anthology life story
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Last amended 18 Jun 2014 13:24:28
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  • South Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
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