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Wandering Girl

Ward, Glenyse, 1949-
ISBN: 0731616235 Categories: ,

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WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL

An autobiographical account of an Australian aborigine, brought up in an orphanage and sent to work in a rich white family’s house where she is treated virtually like a slave.

Notes

The heartbreak and the humour of a young woman’s fight for freedom and identity in a truly puzzling world – straight from a sheltered mission existence to work at sixteen on a bizarre Australian farm in the 1960s.

158 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.  #070723/140824 First Edition

Ward, Glenyse, 1949-  |  Ward, Glenyse, 1949-  |  Women, Aboriginal Australian — Western Australia — Biography.  |  Religions – Christianity – Missions.  |  Employment – Labour market – Women.  |  Child welfare – Child / parent separation – Stolen generations.  |  History – Biographies – Indigenous – Autobiographies.  |  Socioeconomic conditions – Living conditions.  |  Religions – Christianity – Catholic Church.  |  Occupations – Domestic servants.  |  Wandering (SW WA SI50-02)  |  Perth (SW WA SH50-14)

Additional Information

AuthorWard, Glenyse, 1949-
Number of pages158
PublisherMagabala Books, Broome
Year Published1987
Binding Type

Softcover in Dustjacket

Book Condition

Near Fine

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