When the Pelican LaughedLife history of Alice Nannup; domestic service; removal of children; discrimination; Moore River Native Settlement; Geraldton Reserve. |
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... worry , don't worry Wari , you'll be all right . ' Aunty Minnie was younger than my mother , probably only about eight years older than me . One day she had to be rushed to Roebourne to have an operation because she was having a baby ...
... worry , don't worry Wari , you'll be all right . ' Aunty Minnie was younger than my mother , probably only about eight years older than me . One day she had to be rushed to Roebourne to have an operation because she was having a baby ...
Page 176
... worry about it , the sirens were going off all the time . I was right to be worried , though , because these humpies were painted white , and if a war plane was to fly over those places were a perfect bomb target . A year after Joan was ...
... worry about it , the sirens were going off all the time . I was right to be worried , though , because these humpies were painted white , and if a war plane was to fly over those places were a perfect bomb target . A year after Joan was ...
Page 217
... worry about my health , but I always say to them , ' Don't worry , I'm like a rubber ball , I'll always bounce back . ' I think writing this book has been really good for me , like medicine of a different kind . In many ways it has ...
... worry about my health , but I always say to them , ' Don't worry , I'm like a rubber ball , I'll always bounce back . ' I think writing this book has been really good for me , like medicine of a different kind . In many ways it has ...
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Aboriginal Abydos Alabama Kid Alice Nannup Anyway asked Aunty Jean Aunty Minnie baby beautiful bloke Boan boys called camp Campbell Cashmore Cashmore's coming cook couple dance Darkan daughter Doris dormitory Dorothy emu oil everything farm father fella finished Geraldton girls go back goanna gone happened heard horse hospital Ida Valley Jessie Joan Kangan kids kitchen knew lady Larsen laughing Leonora living look lovely Mallina married Mary Meekatharra Miss Miss Dolly Mogumber Moore River morning mother moved Mullewa Mulvale Mulvale's never Neville night o'clock Pelican Laughed Perth pick Port Hedland pull Quarry Street remember Roebourne settlement shillings started station stayed Stephen Kinnane talking tell terrible there's things thought told Tommy took town Uncle verandah waiting walked wanted wash What's worry Wyalkatchem Yindjibarndi