221 pages : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 21 cm
Contents
1. The story -- 2. The questionable mechanisms of removal -- 3. The public debate -- 4. The writing -- Epilogue : returning home to country
Summary
Tells the harrowing story of the life of Rene Baker, who, at the age of four was forcibly removed from her mother and taken to a mission 600 kilometres away. Constantly told that her Aboriginal family had rejected her and deeply scarred by the mission experience, it wasn't until she was twenty one that she learned the truth
Analysis
Ngaanyatjarra (Australian people) - Relocation
Catholic Church - Missions - Western Australia - Warburton Ranges (W.A.)
Aboriginal Australians - Government policy - Australia - Western Australia
Powell, Rene, 1948-
Children, Aboriginal Australian - Western Australia
Aboriginal Australians - Government policy - Western Australia
Ngaanyatjarra (Australian people)
Warburton Ranges Mission (W.A.)
Stolen generations (Australia)
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index
