Paint me black : memories of Croker Island and other journeys / Claire Henty-Gebert
- Bib ID:
- 3279208
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Henty-Gebert, Claire, 1930-
- Description:
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- Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2005
- xvi, 72 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0855753994
- Summary:
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"Paint Me Black tells the remarkable and inspiring life of Claire Henty-Gebert, through times and circumstances beyond the personal experience of most Australians. Claire was born in 1930 near Frew River station, the country of the Kaytetye and Alyawarra Aboriginal people. She was the child of white settler Harry Henty, notoriously callous in his dealings with Aboriginal people, and Ruby, an Alyawarra woman. She was three or four years old, when she was separated from her mother and taken to the Bungalow mission in Alice Springs. She never saw her mother again. In 1941, with the area preparing for war, mission children were removed to various islands. As war intensified, an exodus began, ending months later in Sydney. As an adult, Claire set off on the hardest journey of all: in search of her Aboriginal family. Paint Me Black is told in simple, direct and powerful language." - Book Jacket.
- Subject:
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- Henty-Gebert, Claire, 1930-
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Religions - Christianity - Methodist Church
- Alyawarr / Alyawarre people (C14) (NT SF53-07)
- Race relations - Violent
- Defence - World War II
- Northern territory -- Antiquities
- Northern Territory -- History
- Frew River Region (N.T.) -- History
- Croker Island (N.T.) -- History
- Darwin (NT Top End SD52-04)
- Gunbalanya / Oenpelli (West Arnhem Land NT SD53-01)
- Croker Island (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Elkedra map area (SE Central NT SF53-07)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Terms of Use:
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- Claire Henty-Gebert 2005.
- Preface Peter Forrest 2005.
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2055 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2005
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