Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Aboriginal Women's Heritage: Ballina and Cabbage Tree Island
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'Twelve Aboriginal Women from Cabbage Tree Island and Ballina have contributed to this publication and taken part in a Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water project designed to help raise the profile of the unique historical experience of Aboriginal women along the lower Richmond River.

In this publication each of the women reminisce about their childhood and about their working lives as domestic servants and factory workers in the inner city suburbs of Brisbane and Sydney. Their accounts describe the community spirit found between the various families that once lived on the island during a time when life was hard and limited for Aboriginal people. They describe their favourite places and activities and the way times have changed.' Source: Aboriginal Women's Heritage: Ballina and Cabbage Tree Island (2007)

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Department of Environment and Climate Change , 2007 .
      Extent: vi, 77p.p.
      Description: illus., ports
      ISBN: 9781741225938
      Series: y separately published work icon Aboriginal Women's Heritage Department of Environment and Conservation (publisher), 2003-2005 Z1200291 2003 series - publisher autobiography

      The booklets in this series were produced by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). Each booklet describes 'the cultural attachment Aboriginal women have to their local landscape' and in total the booklets record 'the personal stories of 53 Aboriginal women from six NSW regional centres.'

      Source: New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service website, http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Aboriginal+womens+heritage
      Sighted: 22/6/2005

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