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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Being Aboriginal : Comments, Observations and Stories from Aboriginal Australians
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The book is a compilation of stories, observations and reminiscences from Aboriginal people who took part in radio programs made by Ros Bowden and Bill Bunbury for the Social History Unit of the ABC. These stories describe Aboriginal people's experiences of 'life in white Australia'. The messages are insightful and the words highlight the experiences of struggle, detemination, removal from family, education, survival, kinship and abuse of power by authorities.

Exhibitions

Notes

  • Individual life stories have been fully indexed where possible. A number of people were involved in each of the Being Aboriginal programs, but in this book the compilers have not attempted to identify each speaker separately. See pp 2-3 of Being Aboriginal (1990) for a list of those who took part.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:ABC Books , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Being Aboriginal : An Introduction, Ros Bowden , single work criticism (p. 1-2)
Raised to Think White, Oomera Edwards , single work life story (p. 5-17)
White Man Say We Have No History, single work prose (p. 18-28)
Language Is Our Lifeblood, single work prose (p. 29-36)
Learning Two Ways, single work prose (p. 37-43)
The Spirit of Musgrave Park, single work prose (p. 44-54)
A Hidden History, William Bunbury , single work criticism (p. 57-58)
Out of Sight Out of Mind, Jack Davis , single work life story (p. 59-73)
Anybody Could Afford Us, Iris Clayton , single work life story (p. 74-88)
Shorty O'Neill, Shorty O'Neill , single work life story (p. 89-94)
Paddy Roe, Paddy Roe , single work life story (p. 95-104)
Alice Nannup, Alice Nannup , single work life story (p. 105-115)
Margaret Colbung, Margaret Culbong , single work life story (p. 116-121)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: ABC Books , 1990 .
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      Extent: 121pp.
      ISBN: 0733300235
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