Back on the block : Bill Simon's story / Bill Simon, Des Montgomerie, Jo Tuscano
- Bib ID:
- 4561446
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Simon, Bill, 1947-
- Description:
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- Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2009
- xiv, 169 p. : ill., ports ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780855756772
- Summary:
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"Stolen, beaten, deprived of his liberty and used as child labour, Bill Simon’s was not a normal childhood. He was told his mother didn’t want him, that he was ‘the scum of the earth’ and was locked up in the notorious Kinchela Boys Home for eight years. His experiences there would shape his life forever. Bill Simon got angry, something which poisoned his life for the next two decades. A life of self abuse and crime finally saw him imprisoned. But Bill Simon has turned his life around and in Back on the Block, he hopes to help others to do the same." - publisher website.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- Simon, Bill, 1947-
- Aboriginal Australians -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Redfern -- Biography
- Stolen generations (Australia) -- Biography
- Race relations - Violent
- Social welfare - Administration - Welfare officers
- Law - Legal system - Courts
- Child welfare - Welfare abuse - Sexual
- Child welfare - Children's homes
- Politics and Government - National symbols and events - National Sorry Day / Journey of Healing
- Crime - Against persons
- Birpai / Biripi people (E3) (NSW SH56-14)
- Religions - Christianity - Clergy
- Government policy - Assimilation
- Law enforcement - Prisons - Prisoners
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Law enforcement - Punishment
- Child welfare - Welfare abuse
- Family - Siblings
- Substance use - Alcohol
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- Substance use - Illicit drugs
- Race relations - Racism
- History - Biographies - Indigenous - Autobiographies
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Redfern (Inner Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Purfleet (Taree, NSW N Coast SH56-14)
- Kinchela (NSW N Coast SH56-10)
- Kempsey (NSW N Coast SH56-14)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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