My PlaceAutobiography; author brought up in Perth in ignorance of her Aboriginal background; process of discovering her Aboriginality; includes autobiographical narratives of maternal grandmother and grandmother's brother; they were Baljgu born on Corunna Downs Station. |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictMorgan is 15 when she discovers that she is not white but aboriginea fact that has been kept secret because of society's stigma. Rather than tell the children about their heritage, her mother and ... Read full review
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User Review - Katherine - GoodreadsI read this in an Australian history class. It's about a girl learning that she's part aborigine. It's amazing! Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | My Place |
| Author | Sally Morgan |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Arts Centre Press, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 15 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 0949206245, 9780949206244 |
| Length | 358 pages |
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