Cockatoo : My life in Cape York (Stories and art by Roy McIvor)

AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN ART

Roy McIvor was just 10 when he, his family and his community were rounded up by the military and shipped 1500 km south to Woorabinda because of allegations that his people were collaborating with the Japanese under the guidance of German Lutheran Missionary George Heinrich Schwarz. My Life in Cape York is an inspirational story of how Roy and his people triumphed over the hardships to which they were subjected, and their eventual return to their country now known as Hope Vale.

176 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. ; 25 cm.  First Edition. #030623

McIvor, Roy.  |  Artists, Aboriginal Australian — Biography.  |  World War, 1939-1945 — Queensland — Hope Vale.  |  History – Genealogy and family history.  |  Religions – Christianity – Missions.  |  Defence – World War II.  |  Guugu Yimidhirr / Gugu Yimithirr / Kuku Yimidhirr people (Y82) (Qld SD55-13)  |  History – Biographies – Indigenous – Autobiographies.  |  Religion – Dreaming – Spirits.  |  Language – Vocabulary – Word lists.  |  Religion – Dreaming – Devils, monsters, evil spirits.  |  Enterprises – Arts and crafts.  |  Guugu Yimidhirr / Gugu Yimithirr / Kuku Yimidhirr language (Y82) (Qld SD55-13)  |  Hope Vale (Qld.) — History.  |  Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) — History.  |  Hope Vale (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13)  |  Woorabinda (SW Qld SG55-04)  |  Coen (Qld NE Cape York SD54-08)