Nothing to Spare: Recollections of Australian Pioneering WomenReminiscences of 14 women include memories of a part- Aboriginal woman from Busselton, W.A. - life in institutions and settlements; a few other womens observations of Aboriginal people. |
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Page 83
... knew of my age got married and didn't know what was going to happen when they were married . This girl lived with us ... knew you were getting married and were quite looking forward to it , but you never thought of anything else . You ...
... knew of my age got married and didn't know what was going to happen when they were married . This girl lived with us ... knew you were getting married and were quite looking forward to it , but you never thought of anything else . You ...
Page 98
... knew nothing at the time . I was only grief - stricken because people I knew were dying . Dear little Bobby was only eighteen ; his people were in Meekatharra , he had nobody in Perth . I wasn't his girlfriend but I knew his family . So ...
... knew nothing at the time . I was only grief - stricken because people I knew were dying . Dear little Bobby was only eighteen ; his people were in Meekatharra , he had nobody in Perth . I wasn't his girlfriend but I knew his family . So ...
Page 152
... knew him two years before I married and I never knew . I was trapped in a way – I always saw him sober , until I got married . When my eldest child was five years old , he had a drinking bout and he frightened the life out of me . I was ...
... knew him two years before I married and I never knew . I was trapped in a way – I always saw him sober , until I got married . When my eldest child was five years old , he had a drinking bout and he frightened the life out of me . I was ...
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Context | 9 |
The Barmaids Daughter | 37 |
The Timbercutters Daughter | 61 |
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