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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454260003321

Autore

Kartinyeri Doris <1945->

Titolo

Kick the tin [[electronic resource] /] / by Doris E. Kartinyeri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

North Melbourne, : Spinifex Press, 2000

ISBN

1-74219-432-X

1-74219-106-1

1-74219-104-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Disciplina

305.89915

994.04092

Soggetti

Children, Aboriginal Australian - Institutional care - Australia - South Australia

Aboriginal Australians - Australia - South Australia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; DEDICATION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; FOREWORD; GLOSSARY; STOLEN; PROTECTION; THE BEGINNING OF GRIEF; SHUNTED ABOUT; NEED TO BELONG; JOURNEYS FROM REALITY; MY GUIDING HANDS; FINDING MY VOICE; NGARRINDJERI MIMINI

Sommario/riassunto

When Doris Kartinyeri was a month old, her mother died. The family gathered to mourn their loss and welcome the new baby home. But Doris never arrived to live with her family ? she was stolen from the hospital and placed in Colebrook Home, where she stayed for the next fourteen years.The legacy of being a member of the Stolen Generations continued for Doris as she was placed in white homes as a virtual slave, struggled through relationships and suffered with anxiety and mental illness.This is a life that has been kicked around. It is the compelling and sometimes witty memoir of a cou