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