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Muir Hilda Jarman <ca. 1920-> |
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Titolo |
Very big journey [[electronic resource] ] : my life as I remember it / / Hilda Jarman Muir |
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Canberra, : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2004 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (262 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Women, Aboriginal Australian - Australia - Northern Territory |
Aboriginal Australians - Relocation |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Hilda and Billy Muir's family; 1 White people's ears not too good; 2 Going hunting; 3 Not thinking about colour; 4 Killing on Vanderlin Island; 5 Always hungry; 6 Ringbarking trees; 7 Feeling human; 8 The Big Smoke; 9 Back to Darwin; 10 Flaming furies at Parap Camp; 11 Cyclone Tracy - Floorboards lifting; 12 Nerve trouble; 13 Hilda - World traveler; 14 Time for change, right now; 15 Kidnapped back home; Postscript - An apology; Conversion table |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An intriguing memoir, this personal account tells of Hilda Muir's bush childhood and her forced removal from a loving family to the rigours of life in the Kahlin Home for half-caste children. Revealing that she grew up to marry the love of her life, Billy Muir, the book also follows her challenges dealing with the demands of a growing family and their evacuation to Brisbane during World War II. Back in Darwin and after the devastation of Cyclone Tracy Hilda ultimately struggled to find her place in the world again. |
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