Young Soldier from the Goldfields, The

Biography of Ted Wood, written by wife Roma, of mixed Chinese, Aboriginal and Javanese descent; meeting, engagement and marriage; about Roma Wood’s life and her family history; married life, including descriptions of life on Coongan Station, working for Main Roads Department out of Port Hedland, Roebourne and difficulties when new school catering for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children opened; life in various Western Australian and Northern Territory areas.

Aboriginal studies series ; no. 13.

viii, 130 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.  #110622

Wood, Ted, 1920-1992.  |  Wood, Roma, 1931-  |  Social identity – Mixed descent.  |  Race relations – Racial discrimination – Legislative.  |  Race relations.  |  History – Genealogy and family history.  |  Settlement and contacts – Chinese.  |  History – Biographies – Non-Indigenous.  |  History – Biographies – Indigenous – Autobiographies.  |  Pilbara (W.A.) — Biography.  |  Northern Territory — Biography.  |  Yirramagadu / Roebourne (WA West Pilbara SF50-03)  |  Western Australia (WA)  |  Northern Territory (NT)  |  Port Hedland (WA East Pilbara SF50-04)