'Pictures from my memory is a compelling autobiographical account of Lizzie Marrkilyi Ellis’s life as a Ngaatjatjarra woman from the Australian Western Desert. Born in the bush at the time of first contact between her family and White Australians, Ellis’s vivid personal reflections offer both an historical record and profound emotional insight into her unique experience of being woven between cultures — her Aboriginal community and the Western worlds. Ellis shares her first memories as an Aboriginal child living in communities, through her schooling years on the reserves and the progressive culture changes that her family experienced, to her work as a renowned linguist and interpreter for judges and politicians.' (Source: Newsouth Books website)
[Review] Pictures from My Memory: My Story as a Ngaatjatjarra Woman
2017
21778245
2017
single work
review
[Review] Pictures from My Memory: My Story as a Ngaatjatjarra Woman
2017
21778245
2017
single work
review
'In this book Lizzie Marrkilyi Ellis recounts her life as a Ngaatjatjarra woman, born in the Western Desert around the time of first contact with white Australians in the region. Her lifelong narrative spans her childhood in desert communities and education on missions, reserves and in Alice Springs and her career as an educator in Aboriginal communities and as a sought-after interpreter for government departments, politicians and the courts.' (Introduction)
'Born in the bush at the time of first contact between her family and White Australians, Pictures From My Memory is the compelling autobiographical account of Lizzie Marrkilyi Ellis’ life as a Ngaatjatjarra woman from the Australian Western Desert.'
'Lizzie’s vivid personal reflections offer both an historical record and profound emotional insight into her unique experience of being woven between cultures.'
'Born in the bush at the time of first contact between her family and White Australians, Pictures From My Memory is the compelling autobiographical account of Lizzie Marrkilyi Ellis’ life as a Ngaatjatjarra woman from the Australian Western Desert.'
'Lizzie’s vivid personal reflections offer both an historical record and profound emotional insight into her unique experience of being woven between cultures.'
[Review] Pictures from My Memory: My Story as a Ngaatjatjarra Woman
2017
21778245
2017
single work
review
'In this book Lizzie Marrkilyi Ellis recounts her life as a Ngaatjatjarra woman, born in the Western Desert around the time of first contact with white Australians in the region. Her lifelong narrative spans her childhood in desert communities and education on missions, reserves and in Alice Springs and her career as an educator in Aboriginal communities and as a sought-after interpreter for government departments, politicians and the courts.' (Introduction)
[Review] Pictures from My Memory: My Story as a Ngaatjatjarra Woman
2017
21778245
2017
single work
review
