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Don't Take Your Love to Town
Ringwood
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Penguin
,
1988
Z496435
1988
single work
autobiography
(taught in 10 units)
'Don’t Take Your Love to Town is a story of courage in the face of poverty and tragedy. Ruby recounts losing her mother when she was six, growing up in a mission in northern New South Wales and leaving home when she was fifteen. She lived in tin huts and tents in the bush and picked up work on the land while raising nine children virtually single-handedly. Later she struggled to make ends meet in the Koori areas of Sydney. Ruby is an amazing woman whose sense of humour has endured through all the hardships she has experienced.' (Source UQP website: www.uqp.uq.edu.au)
Last amended 21 Mar 2003 14:22:45
Subjects:
- Coonabarabran - Gilgandra - Coonamble area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
- Coraki, Evans Head - Coraki area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,
- Richmond River, Far Northeast NSW, New South Wales,
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- 1930s
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