Title The sausage tree / Rosalie Medcraft & Valda Gee

Published St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 1995

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W'PONDS	994.60049915 Med/Str		AVAILABLE

Description xiv, 107 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 20 cm regular print Series UQP black Australian writers UQP Black Australian writers. Summary Childhood memories of sisters Rosalie Medcraft (nee Johnson) and Valda Gee (nee Johnson); growing up in Lilydale (Tasmania) during depression years; Johnson family are descendants of Manalargenna; introduction describes family history and the ability to acknowledge their Aboriginal heritage which came after their fathers death in 1985; winner of the 1995 David Unaipon Award Notes "1994 Winner of the David Unaipon Award" -- Back cover Also available electronically Subject Johnson family. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Biography. Aboriginal Tasmanians -- History. Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Mixed descent -- Biography. Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History. Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Social conditions. Australia -- Collectibles. Tasmania -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. Tasmania -- Social life and customs. Genre/Form Biographies. Author Gee, Valda, 1930- LC no. 95213305 ISBN 0702227838

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