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Author Smith, Alice, 1928-

Title Under a bilari tree I born : the story of Alice Bilari Smith / Alice Bilari Smith with Anna Vitenbergs and Loreen Brehaut
Published Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2002

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 MELB  305.89915 Smith Smi/Uab  AVAILABLE
Description 233 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
regular print
Summary "Alice Bilari Smith has lived in the Pilbara all her life, on stations and in the bush, on government reserves and in towns. As a girl on Rocklea Station she narrowly avoided removal from her family by 'the welfare'. Instead Alice learned to cook and launder, sew and clean, shoe horses, chop wood and milk cows. Her working life on stations continued as a young married woman and she added mustering, dingo scalping, shearers' assistant and sheepyard building to her skills. Alice Bilari Smith also grew up in the ways of the country, hunting, cooking and building in the traditional manner. By the time she had five children of her own she was playing an active role in caring for other Aboriginal children and she initiated the establishment of a Homemakers Centre in Roebourne." - first page
Analysis Biography & autobiography (Australia ) Australian Aboriginal studies
Aboriginal women
Aboriginal culture
Pilbara Region
Western Australia
Autobiography
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography
Audience General
Subject Smith, Alice, 1923-2012
Smith, Alice, 1928-2012
Smith, Alice, 1923-
Smith, Alice Bilari, 1928-
Smith, Alice Bilari, 1923-
Smith, Alice, 1928-
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Pilbara -- Social life and customs
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Pilbara -- Biography
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Pilbara -- History
Women, Banyjima -- Biography.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Pilbara (W.A.) -- Social life and customs.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Pilbara (W.A.) -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Pilbara (W.A.) -- Biography.
SUBJECT Pilbara (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86003735 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237
Genre/Form Biography.
Autobiographies.
Author Brehaut, Loreen A.
Vitenbergs, Anna.
LC no. 2004463739
ISBN 1863683917