Alone on the soaks : the life and times of Alec Kruger / Alec Kruger and Gerard Waterford
- Bib ID:
- 3796470
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kruger, Alec, 1924-
- Description:
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- Alice Springs, N.T. : IAD Press, c2007
- [8], 342 p. : ill., ports., geneal. table ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781864650785
- 1864650788
- Summary:
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Alec Kruger was snatched from his mother at three, institutionalised for seven years and sent to work at ten. He was never paid and barely fed. Alec Kruger, a child of mixed Aboriginal descent, survived the loneliness and bullies of a stolen childhood to become a drover, an army recruit, footy player and a plaintiff in the High Court of Australia.
- Notes:
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- Bibliography: p. 339-340.
- Webliography: p. 341.
- Subject:
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- Kruger, Alec, 1924-
- Aboriginal Australians -- Biography
- Stolen generations (Australia)
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- Mudburra people (C25) (NT SE53-05)
- Economic sectors - Pearling
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry - Beef cattle
- Defence
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers - Drovers / Stockmen
- History - Biographies - Indigenous
- Employment - Conditions - Wages - Stolen wages
- Pine Creek (NT Top End SD52-08)
- Atnarpa (South Central NT SF53-14)
- Katherine River (NT Top End SD53-05, SD53-09, SD53-12)
- Mparntwe / Alice Springs (South Central NT SF53-14)
- Loves Creek (South Central NT SF53-14)
- Engawala / Alcoota (South Central NT SF53-10)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Waterford, Gerard, 1957-
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2007
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