The Resource Black swan : a koorie woman's life, Carolyn Landon & Eileen Harrison
Black swan : a koorie woman's life, Carolyn Landon & Eileen Harrison
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- Summary
- 'It's bad luck to catch a black swan.' Eileen Harrison grew up at the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Mission Station in the 1950s as one of eleven children in a tight-knit and loving family. When the new assimilation policy comes in, they are wrenched from the Mission and sent off to Ararat in the hope that they will become part of that community. Unable to build a stable life in the face of isolation and discrimination, the family is torn apart. Eileen must become the protector and the peacemaker. As a child, Eileen set free a black swan caught in a hessian bag. Now the story of the magical black swan from her childhood provides an uncanny map for her life as she struggles to find her path. After many years she discovers her talent as a painter and builds a new life for herself. Powerfully told in Eileen's words, her experiences speak eloquently of what has happened to Aboriginal people over the last half-century. 'Both heart-wrenching and hopeful, Eileen Harrison's story demonstrates that while policies of assimilation may have taken families from country and community, they could never take the memories that kept them connected.' - Dr Anita Heiss, award-winning author and activist
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 238 p., [16] p. of plates
- Note
- A frank and powerful memoir of the life of an Aboriginal woman, from her early years on the Lake Tyers mission to discovery of her talent as a painter
- Isbn
- 9781742375533
- Label
- Black swan : a koorie woman's life
- Title
- Black swan
- Title remainder
- a koorie woman's life
- Statement of responsibility
- Carolyn Landon & Eileen Harrison
- Title variation
- Black swan
- Title variation remainder
- a koorie womans life
- Subject
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- trueAssimilation (Sociology)
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care | History
- Harrison, Eileen
- trueIndigenous Australian artists -- Biography
- trueIndigenous Australian women -- Biography
- trueIndigenous Australians -- Social conditions
- trueRacism -- Australia
- trueVictoria -- History
- Women artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography
- Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 'It's bad luck to catch a black swan.' Eileen Harrison grew up at the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Mission Station in the 1950s as one of eleven children in a tight-knit and loving family. When the new assimilation policy comes in, they are wrenched from the Mission and sent off to Ararat in the hope that they will become part of that community. Unable to build a stable life in the face of isolation and discrimination, the family is torn apart. Eileen must become the protector and the peacemaker. As a child, Eileen set free a black swan caught in a hessian bag. Now the story of the magical black swan from her childhood provides an uncanny map for her life as she struggles to find her path. After many years she discovers her talent as a painter and builds a new life for herself. Powerfully told in Eileen's words, her experiences speak eloquently of what has happened to Aboriginal people over the last half-century. 'Both heart-wrenching and hopeful, Eileen Harrison's story demonstrates that while policies of assimilation may have taken families from country and community, they could never take the memories that kept them connected.' - Dr Anita Heiss, award-winning author and activist
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10014889
- Cataloging source
- VFRK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Landon, Carolyn
- Dewey number
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Landon, Carolyn
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Harrison, Eileen
- Women artists, Aboriginal Australian
- Children, Aboriginal Australian
- Women, Aboriginal Australian
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians
- Victoria
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a koorie woman's life
- Label
- Black swan : a koorie woman's life, Carolyn Landon & Eileen Harrison
- Note
- A frank and powerful memoir of the life of an Aboriginal woman, from her early years on the Lake Tyers mission to discovery of her talent as a painter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238)
- Control code
- 000047087051
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 238 p., [16] p. of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781742375533
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)715170998
- Label
- Black swan : a koorie woman's life, Carolyn Landon & Eileen Harrison
- Note
- A frank and powerful memoir of the life of an Aboriginal woman, from her early years on the Lake Tyers mission to discovery of her talent as a painter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238)
- Control code
- 000047087051
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 238 p., [16] p. of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781742375533
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)715170998
Subject
- trueAssimilation (Sociology)
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care | History
- Harrison, Eileen
- trueIndigenous Australian artists -- Biography
- trueIndigenous Australian women -- Biography
- trueIndigenous Australians -- Social conditions
- trueRacism -- Australia
- trueVictoria -- History
- Women artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography
- Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians -- Removal
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
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