Australian gypsies : their secret history / Mandy Sayer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sayer, Mandy, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanies--Australia--History.

Romanies.

Romanies--Australia--Social life and customs.

Romanies--History.

History.

Romanies--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

Australia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 299 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Since the arrival of the First Fleet there have been Gypsies in Australia, yet their experiences have never been included in any official histories. In Australian Gypsies, award-winning memoirist and novelist Mandy Sayer weaves together a vivid, wide-ranging history that begins with the roots of the Romani culture, tracing the first Gypsy people to arrive in Australia (including James Squire, the colony's first brewer) through to Gypsy families today, who share the stories of their ancestors and their lives. With her unconventional, nomadic early life, Mandy Sayer has a unique insight into the lives of the people she meets, and a strong sense of the importance of their history. Given their blessing to tell their stories, Sayer also demolishes some longstanding but baseless myths along the way.Listen to a great interview with Mandy Sayer in discussion with Richard Fidler talking about Australian Gypsies on ABC Conversations

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781742234670

1742234674

OCLC:

983202760