02847nam 2200601 a 450 991045383920332120200520144314.00-85575-521-0(CKB)2550000001136752(EBL)839868(OCoLC)694089621(SSID)ssj0000430556(PQKBManifestationID)11280513(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430556(PQKBWorkID)10456247(PQKB)11777137(MiAaPQ)EBC839868(MiAaPQ)EBC583538(Au-PeEL)EBL839868(CaPaEBR)ebr10424597(Au-PeEL)EBL583538(OCoLC)676688491(EXLCZ)99255000000113675220041014d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrVery big journey[electronic resource] my life as I remember it /Hilda Jarman Muir1st ed.Canberra Aboriginal Studies Press20041 online resource (262 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85575-397-8 1-306-05204-1 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 tableAn 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.Women, Aboriginal AustralianAustraliaNorthern TerritoryBiographyAboriginal AustraliansRelocationElectronic books.Women, Aboriginal AustralianAboriginal AustraliansRelocation.994.2904092Muir Hilda Jarmanca. 1920-1056997Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453839203321Very big journey2491771UNINA