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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Paint Me Black : Memories of Croker Island and Other Journeys
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'Claire Henty-Gebert’s life is remarkable and inspiring. Born in the late 1930s, the daughter of a white settler and an Alyawarra woman, Claire was four years old when she was taken to the Bungalow mission in Alice Springs.'

'Much of her young life was spent on the newly formed Croker Island mission and she recalls happy days in the care of compassionate missionaries. Sent south to escape the threat from Japanese fighters during World War Two, Claire later returned to Croker Island and married. Inspired by others, Claire traced her Aboriginal family, however, she was never to meet her mother.'

'Claire’s reminiscences and a wide selection of photos combine here with conventional documentary sources, cultural knowledge and people’s memories.' (Source: Publisher's website)

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    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: Aboriginal Studies Press , 2005 .
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      Extent: xvi, 72p., [17] leaves of platesp.
      Description: illus., maps, ports
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      • Published by Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
      ISBN: 0855753994

Works about this Work

In Short : Non-Fiction Bruce Elder , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 August 2005; (p. 23)

— Review of Paint Me Black : Memories of Croker Island and Other Journeys Claire Henty-Gebert , 2005 single work autobiography ; Making a Difference : Reflections on Life, Leadership and Politics Peter Beattie , Angelo Loukakis , 2005 single work autobiography
In Short : Non-Fiction Bruce Elder , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 August 2005; (p. 23)

— Review of Paint Me Black : Memories of Croker Island and Other Journeys Claire Henty-Gebert , 2005 single work autobiography ; Making a Difference : Reflections on Life, Leadership and Politics Peter Beattie , Angelo Loukakis , 2005 single work autobiography
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Subjects:
  • Northern Territory,
  • Croker Island, West Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Croker Island Mission (1940 - 1968), Croker Island, West Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
  • 1900-1999
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