Double native : a moving memoir about living across two cultures / Fiona Wirrer-George Oochunyung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Fiona, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Mixed descent--Biography.

Aboriginal Australians.

Doyle, Fiona, 1969-.

Doyle, Fiona.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Place of Publication:

St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>Growing up on the west coast of Queensland's Cape York Peninsula in the 1970s and 1980s, Fiona Wirrer-George Oochunyung had an idyllic traditional life. At the age of 16, she moved to Sydney to attend the NAISDA Dance College, where she studied with the legendary Page brothers. As a young woman, she carves out a fragile relationship with her absent father, inspiring her to better understand her Austrian ancestry and how it meshes with her Indigenous identity. The model of a modern woman, the author shares the joys and challenges that come with g

Contents:

Cover; Author biography; Copyright; Dedication; Part 1 - Run With It; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Part 2 - Growing Into Self; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Part 3 - Changing Heart; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-one; Chapter Twenty-two; Chapter Twenty-three; Chapter Twenty-four; Chapter Twenty-five; Chapter Twenty-six; Chapter Twenty-seven; Postscript

Picture section

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-7022-3917-8

OCLC:

762331431