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y separately published work icon Steppin' Out and Speakin' Up anthology   autobiography   prose  
Alternative title: Stepping Out and Speaking Up
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Steppin' Out and Speakin' Up
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Steppin' Out and Speakin' Up was a great reminder to me of the inner power we have as Indigenous women and the role our aunties, mothers, grandmothers, sisters and friends continue to play in the development of our communities. (Source: Message Stick on-line)

Exhibitions

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to the generations of / Indigenous women / who have made a tradition of steppin' out and / speakin' up / to achieve justice for their people
  • These stories have been brought together by the Aboriginal Support Circle of the Older Women's Network, N.S.W (Source: Back cover)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Millers Point, Sydney City, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Older Women's Network NSW , 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Shellwork: From Bridges to Maps, Lola Ryan , single work autobiography (p. 11-21)
My Journey - Walk with Me, Betty Little , single work autobiography (p. 23-44)
A Big Dose of Social Justice, Jean Carter , single work autobiography (p. 45-61)
The 'Other' Family, Brenda Saunders , single work autobiography (p. 63-74)
The Block - Genocide or Generation, Susanne Martain , single work prose (p. 77-86)
Nancy's Story, Nancy De Vries , single work autobiography (p. 89-102)
No Human Being is Superior, Bronwyn Bancroft , single work autobiography (p. 105-116)
Why Am I Different, Lorraine McGee-Sippel , single work autobiography (p. 119-124)
Our Stories Are Our Survival, Sylvia Scott , single work autobiography (p. 127-137)
200 Years of Not Being Listened To, Maisie Cavanagh , Anonymous (interviewer), single work autobiography (p. 139-147)
Pushing the Barrow for Aboriginal Education, Joyce Woodberry , single work autobiography (p. 149-163)
I Call Myself an 'Edumacator', Ruby Langford Ginibi , single work autobiography (p. 165-176)
Longing to Belong, June Magrath , single work autobiography (p. 179-191)
A Fragment of La Perouse History, Shirley Murphy , single work autobiography (p. 193-208)
Keep Rekindling That Koori Flame, Elsie Heiss , single work autobiography (p. 211-222)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Millers Point, Sydney City, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Older Women's Network NSW , 2003 .
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      Extent: 225p, ivp.
      Description: illus., maps, ports.
      Note/s:
      • Foreword by Betty Little.
      • Introduction by The Older Women's Network,NSW, Aboriginal Support Circle.
      ISBN: 0958543054, 9780958543057

Works about this Work

Indigenous Stories Told Collectively BlackWords : Indigenous Stories Told Collectively Anita Heiss , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 5) The BlackWords Essays 2019;

In this essay Heiss discusses and explains the important role of anthologies in the creation of communities of writers and in acknowledging, consolidating and launching writing careers.

Indigenous Stories Told Collectively BlackWords : Indigenous Stories Told Collectively Anita Heiss , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 5) The BlackWords Essays 2019;

In this essay Heiss discusses and explains the important role of anthologies in the creation of communities of writers and in acknowledging, consolidating and launching writing careers.

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