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'Memoirs are often perceived to be an adult form of writing, to be read by other adults. However, memoirs written for, or read by, young people also develop their empathy by exploring the diversity of other experiences in multi-literate forms of text.' (Introduction)
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Epigraph: 'Of course we never depended upon the rations to keep ourselves alive. Dad taught us to catch our food Aboriginal-style, using discarded materials from the white man's rubbish dumps. We each had our sling-shots to bring down the bluies and greenies - the parrots and lorikeets that haunted the flowering gums. One rule he told us we must strictly obey. When we went hunting we must understand that our weapons were to be used only for the gathering of food. We must never use them for the sake of killing. This is in fact one of the strictest laws of the Aborigine, and no excuse is accepted for abusing it. (Oodgeroo Stradbroke Dreamtime. (1972)
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My Story, My Place, My World : Australian Memoirs in Nonfiction and Faction for Young People
Magpies : Talking About Books for Children
Magpies : Talking About Books for Children
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