My PlaceLooking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiography unearths political and societal issues contained within Australia's indigenous culture. Sally Morgan traveled to her grandmother's birthplace, starting a search for information about her family. She uncovers that she is not white but aborigine--information that was kept a secret because of the stigma of society. This moving account is a classic of Australian literature that finally frees the tongues of the author's mother and grandmother, allowing them to tell their own stories. |
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He lived with it day and night. It was a strange thing, because he'd told me how
important it was to be free, and I knew that Australia was a free country, but Dad
wasn't free. There were things in his head that wouldn't go away. Sometimes, I
had ...
He lived with it day and night. It was a strange thing, because he'd told me how
important it was to be free, and I knew that Australia was a free country, but Dad
wasn't free. There were things in his head that wouldn't go away. Sometimes, I
had ...
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Sometimes, I'd awake in the night with a heavy weight on my chest and my mouth
would be all dry inside. I was sure there was someone sitting on the end of my
bed. I'd lie under the blankets, too scared to move or breathe. I thought, if I lay still
...
Sometimes, I'd awake in the night with a heavy weight on my chest and my mouth
would be all dry inside. I was sure there was someone sitting on the end of my
bed. I'd lie under the blankets, too scared to move or breathe. I thought, if I lay still
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'They been having corroborees every night, I think I'll go down there and tell them
all off.' I often sat and listened to it with her after that. I've never been to a
corroboree, but that music had always been inside of me. When I was little, I was
told ...
'They been having corroborees every night, I think I'll go down there and tell them
all off.' I often sat and listened to it with her after that. I've never been to a
corroboree, but that music had always been inside of me. When I was little, I was
told ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | My Place |
| Author | Sally Morgan |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 1863682783, 9781863682787 |
| Length | 440 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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