Holding up the Sky: Aboriginal Women Speak

ISBN: 1875641432 Categories: ,

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In this unique collection, nine Aboriginal women from around the country recount their lives. These are ordinary women – mothers, grandmothers, workers – with extraordinary life experiences. Their stories vary widely, but all touch in some way on what it has been like to grow up as a black woman in white Australia. Heartfelt, funny, courageous, disturbing, poignant, angry – this book is a testament to its contributors’ spirit, strength and fortitude.

  • Early Days / Della Walker
  • War Baby / Betty Lockyer
  • Those Days / Olive Morrison
  • A Very Special Family / Tazuko Kaino
  • Young at Heart / Magdalene Van Prehn
  • My Time Has Come to Speak / Cecily Wellington
  • One Step Ahead / Lorna Cox
  • Time For a Change / Althea Illin
  • Nobody’s Child / Kathy Richards.

Women, Aboriginal Australian — Biography.  |  History – Biographies – Indigenous – Autobiographies.  |  Race relations – Racial discrimination – Women. 245 p. ; 20 cm.  #0521

Additional Information

PublisherMagabala Books, Broome
Year Published1999
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

Fine

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