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Author Holt, Albert, 1936-

Title Forcibly removed / Albert Holt
Published Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 2001

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 MELB  994.320049915 Hol/Fre  AVAILABLE
Description 192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 20 cm
Contents Removal -- The family tree of Holt and Conway -- Living under the Act at Barambah-Cherbourg -- Cadgers and beggars: gunnan gunnan -- Going to school-what an awful experience -- Traditional tucker -- Suffering in silence -- The tragic death of Harry -- Great achiever -- Religion-Elders -- Role models -- Induction to the workforce -- Spreading my wings: Woorabinda, here I come -- Working at Foleyvale -- Absconding from the Act to seek a better lifestyle -- Enjoying new-found fredom -- Shattered dreams -- Fringe dwellers, town outcasts -- Moving to the big smoke -- Upgrading status -- Changing lifestyle -- Unemployed: redundancies -- Clan reburial: spiritual connection -- Proud achievements: reconciliation -- Appendix: The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Acts, 1897
Summary "A first book from public figure, community worker and raconteur, Albert Holt. Forcibly Removed is a personal story told with humour and a confidence that comes from experience and achievement. It reveals the journey of a spirited family who maintained their dignity and fought to survive while living on Cherbourg Mission, Queensland, in the mid-20th century."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis Aborigines
Biography
Aboriginal reserves
Queensland
Federal issue
Albert Holt
Subject Holt, Albert, 1936-
Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve (Qld.) -- History.
Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement (Qld.) -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve (Qld.) -- Biography.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cherbourg -- Biography
Aboriginal Australians -- Reservations -- Australia -- Queensland.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve -- Biography
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography.
SUBJECT Australia -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100476
Genre/Form Biography.
Autobiographies.
Author Holt, Albert, 1936-
LC no. 2002416125
ISBN 1875641645