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A tear in the soul / Amanda Webster.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Webster, Amanda, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Webster, Amanda--Childhood and youth.
Webster, Amanda.
Children, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Western Australia.
Children, Aboriginal Australian.
Stolen generations (Australia)--Australia--Western Australia.
Stolen generations (Australia).
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of--Australia--Western Australia--History.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Kurrawang Mission (W.A.).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth, 2016.
Summary:
'The heartfelt story of a woman's fierce determination to bear witness to the wrongs inflicted upon her childhood friends, purely because of their skin colour. With searingly honest self-reflection, Webster pieces together stories of families and lives brutally ripped apart.' -Leah Kaminsky.
Contents:
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
The Question
Molokai
The Skin Divide
Ghost Town
Layers of Skin
Forced Exile
White Stranger
On Noongar Land
On Wongi Land
Heart Bypass
Whither Should They Flee?
Aboriginal Names and Aliases
A Homecoming
Kurrawang Mission
The Waddy
Finding Bronwyn
The Cyanide Code
The Aboriginal Protector
The Hypothetical Grandchild
Sister Girl
Living by Faith
Small Discriminations
Not Just the Money
For the Record
Within Talking Distance of Town
Making a Little Child’s Life Complete Generated by AI.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 3, 2017).
Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9781742247984
1742247989
9781742242552
1742242553
OCLC:
1159412701

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