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Black chicks talking / Leah Purcell
Bib ID 213648
Format BookBook
Author
Purcell, Leah, 1970-
 
Description Sydney : Hodder, 2002 
xvi, 363 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. 
ISBN 0733610706 (pbk.) :  0733610706 (pbk.) 
Summary

Nine young Aboriginal women, successful in a variety of professions, tell their stories to Leah Purcell, herself a singer, songwriter, actor, choreographer and director. Some have achieved success in the white fella's world; others are working to improve life within Aboriginal communities or maintain indigenous traditions.

Full contents
  • Performance brought me more than fame : Deborah Mailman
  • In the zone : Sharon Finnan
  • Voice on the wind : Frances Rings
  • Millennium woman : Liza Fraser-Gooda
  • A mother's love : Cilla Malone
  • International woman : Tammy Williams
  • Shining light : Kathryn Hay
  • Golden Holden : Rachel Perkins
  • Natural woman : Rosanna Angus
  • Dinner.
 
Subjects Women, Aboriginal Australian - Interviews.  |  Women, Aboriginal Australian - Social life and customs.  |  Women, Aboriginal Australian - Social conditions.  |  Aboriginal Australians - Government policy.  |  Aboriginal Australians - Government relations.  |  Adoption - Australia.

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