Title Paint me black : memories of Croker Island and other journeys / Claire Henty-Gebert

Published Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2005 Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2011

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	994.0049915 Henty Hen/Pmb		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL	994.0049915 Henty Hen/Pmb		AVAILABLE

Description xvi, 72 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm regular print Contents Introduction -- European settlement -- The bungalow -- News of the war -- The long trek south -- Oenpelli -- From trucks to trains -- The American liberator -- Cyclone Tracy, 1974 -- Massive evacuation -- Meeting my family for the first time -- The reunion -- The lost childhood years Summary "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 Notes Published by Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Claire Henty-Gebert 2005 Preface Peter Forrest 2005 Subject Henty-Gebert, Claire, 1930- Henty, Harry Croker Island Methodist Mission (N.T.) Methodist Church -- Missions -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Croker Island Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Croker Island Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Croker Island World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Croker Island Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Biography. Soldiers -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography. Aboriginal Australians -- Mixed descent -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Relocation -- Northern Territory Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography. Stolen generations (Australia) -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography. Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Croker Island Alyawarra (Australian people) -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography. Aboriginal Australians -- Women -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography. Relocation -- Australia -- Northern Territory Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Aboriginal Australians -- Children -- Government policy -- Biography. Aboriginal Australians -- Children -- Institutional care -- Biography. SUBJECT Croker Island (N.T.) -- History Northern Territory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035353 -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002344 Frew River Region (N.T.) -- History Northern Territory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035353 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Genre/Form Biography History Biography. History. Biographies. Author Forrest, Peter, 1941- writer of preface Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. LC no. 2005472529 ISBN 9780855753993 0855753994 :

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