Last truck out / Betty Lockyer
- Bib ID:
- 4557765
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Lockyer, Betty (Elizabeth), 1942-
- Description:
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- Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 2009
- 268 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921248085
- Summary:
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WWII 1942-Broome, pearling town on the far north coast of Western Australia. The enemy was snaking its way towards the Australian coastline. Broome was being evacuated. The resident Japanese and their families had already been interned. Aboriginal families were being trucked to Beagle Bay Mission, 120 km north, under the care of the German brothers and Irish nuns. Betty Lockyer's mother was on the last truck to leave Broome on 17 February, heavy with child. Worst fears were realised when the Japanese attacked Darwin. On 3 March they blew twenty-four Dutch flying boats out of the water in Broome. Men, women and children died. Betty was born two weeks later, safe in the relative peacefulness of the mission.
- Subject:
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- Lockyer, Betty (Elizabeth), 1942- -- Childhood and youth
- Children -- Institutional care -- Western Australia -- Broome -- Biography
- Parental deprivation -- Western Australia -- Broome
- Church work with children -- Western Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Mixed descent -- Western Australia
- Politics and Government - Civil rights and citizenship
- Defence - World War II
- Government policy - Assimilation
- Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians
- History - Biographies - Indigenous
- Socioeconomic conditions - Living conditions
- Race relations - Racial discrimination - Youth and children
- Religions - Christianity - Clergy
- Economic sectors - Pearling
- Family - Uncles and aunts
- Family - Siblings
- Settlement and contacts - Chinese
- Law enforcement - Offences - Public order - Gambling
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Recreation - Cinema
- Religions - Christianity - Church and mission buildings
- Recreation - Play - Children
- Religions - Christianity - Catholic Church
- Nyulnyul / Nyul Nyul people (K13) (WA SE51-02)
- Daily life - Domestic
- Social identity - Mixed descent
- Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
- Education - Schools - Boarding schools and residential colleges
- Race relations - Attitudes
- Race relations - Racial discrimination - Curfews and movement restrictions
- Recreation - Swimming
- Settlement and contacts - Japanese
- Race relations - Racial discrimination - Women
- Religions - Christianity - Religious education
- Beagle Bay Mission (W.A.) -- Social life and customs
- Perth (SW WA SH50-14)
- Beagle Bay (WA West Kimberley SE51-02)
- Wupipi / Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06)
- Darwin (NT Top End SD52-04)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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