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y separately published work icon Speaking from the Heart : Stories of Life, Family and Country anthology   life story   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Speaking from the Heart : Stories of Life, Family and Country
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction : Listening Through The Heart, Blaze Kwaymullina , single work life story
"Aboriginal people are familiar with the power of story. Our culture is shaped around stories, our history transmitted through them. Stories spoken from the heart hold a transformational power, they are a way for one heart to speak to another".
 (p. 5-24)
Keeping a Family Together, Lena Crabbe , single work life story (p. 25-38)
Under A Blue Gum Tree, Patrick Hume Sullivan , single work life story (p. 39-50)
The Perils of Beryl, Beryl Dixon , single work life story (p. 51-64)
The Spirit Has More Strength, Ken Colbung , single work life story (p. 65-80)
My Mother, My Daughter, Marie Joan Winch , single work life story (p. 81-94)
A Nyungar Is Battling, Ben Cuimara Taylor , single work life story (p. 95-108)
Her Spirit Could Not Be Broken, Mary Ann Bin-Sallik , single work life story (p. 109-134)
Show Respect, Phil Prosser , single work life story (p. 135-148)
Joining My Identity Pieces Together, Violet Bacon , single work life story (p. 149-162)
For Billy, Maude and Dick, William Murray Jonas , single work life story (p. 163-178)
Don't Cage Me In, Sally Morgan , single work life story (p. 179-192)
Don't Change The Landscape, Change Yourself, Noel Nannup , single work life story (p. 193-206)
Boorn - Taproot, Tjalaminu Mia , single work life story (p. 207-222)
Diamantina Crocodiles and Pelican Dreaming, Bill Harrison , single work life story (p. 223-238)
Walk Tall, Walk Straight and Look the Whole World in the Eye: The Story of Richard Shadforth, Lynette Rodriguez , single work life story (p. 239-260)
Wangkiny Ngulluck Nyungar Nyittiny, Boodjar, Moort and Katitjin: Talking about Creation, Country, Family and Knowledge of the Nyungar of south-western Australia, Len Collard , single work life story (p. 261-278)
A Man and a Woman Crossed the Line, Bronwyn Bancroft , single work life story (p. 279-290)
The Balardong Dreaming Track, Graeme Dixon , single work life story (p. 291-312)
Balardong Munyarii"Oh! Balardong Munyari", Graeme Dixon , single work poetry (p. 312-313)
Note: Writes as Graeme 'Bindarri' Dixon in this work
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