WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL
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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. |
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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. |
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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)