The story of Alice Nannup, born in 1911 to an Aboriginal mother and European father. At the age of 12 she was taken south to be trained in domestic service. The book traces her life from 1911-91, and is the first published study focusing on Western Australian Aboriginal women in domestic service.
Life history of Alice Nannup; domestic service; removal of children; discrimination; Moore River Native Settlement; Geraldton Reserve.224 p. : ports. ; 21 cm. #0118R/1219/0320/0820/0121/14012/220222
Nannup, Alice (Alice Isobel), 1911- | Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Mixed descent — Biography. | Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Social conditions. | Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Moore River Region — Reservations — History. | Women, Aboriginal Australian — Western Australia — Biography. | History – Biographies – Indigenous – Autobiographies. | Occupations – Domestic servants. | Child welfare – Child / parent separation – Stolen generations. | Geraldton / Champion Bay (SW WA SH50-01) | Moore River (SW WA SH50-14)