A true child of Papua New Guinea : memoir of a life in two worlds / Maggie Wilson ; edited and with additions by Rosita Henry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Maggie, 1953-2009, author.

Contributor:

Henry, Rosita, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilson, Maggie, 1953-2009.

Wilson, Maggie.

Multiracial women--Papua New Guinea--Biography.

Multiracial women.

Ethnology--Papua New Guinea.

Ethnology.

Papua New Guinea--Biography.

Papua New Guinea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"Maggie Wilson was born in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Wilson's life serves as a window into the social and cultural transformations during the early years of the Australian administration in Papua New Guinea. Started as an autobiography and completed by Rosita Henry after Wilson's death, this ethnography tells her story and about lives she touched"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Birth and belonging

Tribal threads: the Elti Penambi

Entwined: law, life and land

Kuta Ridge: the white man's station

My village childhood

Off to school

My first return

Life with the Leahys

Australia in the 1970s

Picking up threads: back to PNG

Motherhood: Bernadine

Working woman

Tying the knot

A village baby: Olivia

Here comes Maki

The gift of Nadia

Weaving threads: women and politics

Making pictures

Friendship bonds: Haus Poroman (Rosita Henry)

Mending breaks: Haus Krai (Rosita Henry)

Reflections: tying up loose ends (Rosita Henry).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-3542-0