My PlaceIn 1982 Sally Morgan travelled back to her grandmother's birthplace. What started out as a tentative search for information about her family, turned into an overwhelming emotional and spiritual pilgrimage. My Placebeings with the experiences of Sally's own life, growing up in suburban Perth in the fifties and sixties. Through the memories and images of her childhood and adolescence, vague hints and echoes begin to emerge, hidden knowledge is uncovered, and a fascinating story unfolds. It is a deeply moving account of a search for truth, into which a whole family is gradually drawn, finally freeing the tongues of the author's mother and grandmother, allowing them to tell their own stories. |
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Sally Morgan. Sally Morgan was born in Perth , Western Australia , in 1951 and grew up in suburban Manning . She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at The University of Western Australia in 1974 , majoring in Psychology . She also has ...
Sally Morgan. Sally Morgan was born in Perth , Western Australia , in 1951 and grew up in suburban Manning . She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at The University of Western Australia in 1974 , majoring in Psychology . She also has ...
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... Western Australia . We called the top half of the station , where I lived , Mool - nya - moonya . The lower half , the outstation , we called Boog - gi - gee - moonya . The land of my people was all round there , from the Condin River ...
... Western Australia . We called the top half of the station , where I lived , Mool - nya - moonya . The lower half , the outstation , we called Boog - gi - gee - moonya . The land of my people was all round there , from the Condin River ...
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... Australia's our country . ' The soldiers couldn't do anything , it was their business to keep them there . So in the ... Western Australia , 1915-1940 . Widely credited as a principal advocate and force behind an active policy of ...
... Australia's our country . ' The soldiers couldn't do anything , it was their business to keep them there . So in the ... Western Australia , 1915-1940 . Widely credited as a principal advocate and force behind an active policy of ...
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