Catherine Titasey Catherine Titasey i(A147158 works by) (a.k.a. Cate Titasey)
Born: Established: Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Australian
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1 Ruby's Tuesday on Thursday Island Catherine Titasey , 2014 single work prose
— Appears in: Lost in Mangroves 2014; (p. 20-33)
1 12 y separately published work icon My Island Homicide Island of the Unexpected Catherine Titasey , 2012 St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2013 6097326 2012 single work novel crime mystery

'When Thea Dari-Jones take the job a Officer in Charge of the Thursday Island police station in Torres Strait, she has no idea that her desire to start anew and return to her mother's Islander roots will be the greatest challenge of her life.'

'Arriving with visions of enjoying a relaxed, idyllic island lifestyle, she finds instead a close-knit community divided by a brutal crime. But a coincidental meeting with Islander fisherman Jonah shows her a gentler side of life in the topics.'

'As Thea investigates the tragedy, a series of surprising events lead her through the landscape and language of the locals, most of whom are convinced that Maydh, or black magic, is responsible. As the case goes to trail, Thea has to choose between the life she's left behind and the unexpected ties of her new island home.' (Source: Backcover)

1 4 y separately published work icon Ina's Story : The Memoir of a Torres Strait Islander Woman Catherine Titasey , Thursday Island : Catherine Titasey , 2011 Z1862248 2011 single work biography 'Ina Titasey was born in 1927 and had a charmed early childhood on Naghir Island in the Torres Strait. She was surrounded by nature and colour and as she fished and gardened and played with her siblings and cousins. Her beloved mother and extended family were always close. In a matter of hours Ina and her twin sister, Cessa, find themselves at the Catholic convent on Thursday Island, all shades of grey, cement and steel. From that point they were 'trapped like the pigs' and always under the watchful eyes of the nuns.

Ina draws on her strong family ties, work ethic and cultural heritage to cope with her new environment, and later her mother's death, as well as the injustices wrought by the Department of Native Affairs. From quiet island girl to the singing grandma who travelled the world as one of the Mills Sisters, Ina's Story is an engaging, lyrical memoir with many surprises.' (Publisher's blurb)
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