My Place: IllustratedLooking 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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... corroborees or heard stories of the Dreamtime . I'd lived all my life in suburbia and told everyone I was Indian . I hardly knew any Aboriginal people . What did it mean for someone like me ? Half - way home on the bus , I felt so ...
... corroborees or heard stories of the Dreamtime . I'd lived all my life in suburbia and told everyone I was Indian . I hardly knew any Aboriginal people . What did it mean for someone like me ? Half - way home on the bus , I felt so ...
Page 220
... corroborees in those days . We'd all get together and have a good old corroboree . I can't explain to you how it made us feel inside . I loved the singing , sometimes we'd get a song and it'd last for days . Lily was a good singer , you ...
... corroborees in those days . We'd all get together and have a good old corroboree . I can't explain to you how it made us feel inside . I loved the singing , sometimes we'd get a song and it'd last for days . Lily was a good singer , you ...
Page 292
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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