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Hey mum, what's a half-caste? / Lorraine McGee-Sippel
Bib ID 4402049
Format BookBook
Author McGee-Sippel, Lorraine, 1943-
Edition 1st ed. 
Description Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 2009. 
289 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 21 cm. 
ISBN 9781921248030 (pbk.) 
Summary

"Lorraine McGee-Sippel was just a small girl when she asked her parents why her skin colour was different from theirs. It was the 1950s and the first step on a journey of unanswered questions that would span decades and lead her to search for her birth family. In the historic climate of the Rudd Government's apology, Yorta Yorta woman, McGee-Sippel, aligns herself with the Stolen Generations as she reveals how she and her family struggled with the far-reaching implications of a government policy that saw her adoptive parents being told their daughter was of Afro-American descent."--Provided by publisher.

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Bibliography: p. [290]

Subjects McGee-Sippel, Lorraine, - 1943-  |  Children, Aboriginal Australian - New South Wales - Ethnic identity - Biography.  |  Children, Aboriginal Australian - Cultural assimilation - New South Wales - Biography.  |  Adopted children - New South Wales - Biography.  |  Birthparents - Australia - Identification.  |  Stolen generations (Australia)
Available From Magabala Books, PO Box 668, Broome WA 6725 
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NL 305.89915092 M 145
Copy: NL pbk
Main Reading Room (Australian Collection)
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N 305.89915092 M145M
Copy: N pbk
Main Reading Room (Australian Collection)
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