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Macquarie PEN anthology of Aboriginal literature by Call Number: A820.8089915/2ISBN: 9781741754384Publication Date: 2008A groundbreaking collection of work form some of the great Australian Aboriginal writers, [this book] offers a rich panorama of over 200 years of Aboriginal culture, history and life. From Bennelong's 1796 letter to contemporary writers, Anita Heiss and Peter Minter have selected work that represents the range and depth of Aboriginal writing in English. The anthology includes journalism, petitions and political letters from both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as major works that reflect the blossomong of Aboriginal poetry, prose and drama from the mid-twentieth centruy onwards
My Place by Call Number: 994.0049915/1ISBN: 0949206318Publication Date: 2010-04-01My Place begins with Sally Morgan tracing the experiences of her own life, growing up in suburban Perth in the fifties and sixties. Through the memories and images of her childhood and adolescence, vague hints and echoes begin to emerge, hidden knowledge is uncovered, and a fascinating story unfolds - a mystery of identity, complete with clues and suggested solutions. Sally Morgan's My Placeis a deeply moving account of a search for truth, into which a whole family is gradually drawn; finally freeing the tongues of the author's mother and grandmother, allowing them to tell their own stories.
