No longer a wandering spirit : family and kin reclaiming the memory of Minang woman Bessy Flowers / Women, Aboriginal Australian Teachers, Aboriginal Australian Stolen generations (Australia) Children, Aboriginal Australian Nyunga (Australian people) Aboriginal Australians
Huebner, Sharon,
No longer a wandering spirit : family and kin reclaiming the memory of Minang woman Bessy Flowers / Sharon Huebner, Ezzard Flowers. - 357 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm.
Bessy Flowers is a hero of mine, and I'm very glad she's at the centre of a book that features her images and writing, along with the remarkable journey to situate her in family and Country' - Kim Scott Kia Kia, Noogiting Wirren, Minang Yorga, Minang Boodja No Longer a Wandering Spirit acknowledges the sleeping spirit of Bessy Flowers, a Minang ancestor belonging to the Great Southern of Western Australia. Bessy moved away from her Minang homeland in June 1867, never to return. She was a young Aboriginal woman, educated, musical, confident and hopeful. On Thursday I wished I was going to Church instead of rocking about in the steamer…Often & often my thoughts fly to dear Albany. Admired for a time, Bessy's esteemed qualities could not shield her from the injustices of colonial society. I hope you will allow us to stay on this station it comes hard on the children and myself wandering about without a home…
9781760802226 1760802220
Cameron, Bessy, approximately 1849-1895.
Women, Aboriginal Australian--Biography.
Teachers, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Biography.
Stolen generations (Australia)--Australia--Albany (W.A.)
Children, Aboriginal Australian--Education.
Nyunga (Australian people)
Aboriginal Australians--Civil rights.
Biographies.
No longer a wandering spirit : family and kin reclaiming the memory of Minang woman Bessy Flowers / Sharon Huebner, Ezzard Flowers. - 357 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm.
Bessy Flowers is a hero of mine, and I'm very glad she's at the centre of a book that features her images and writing, along with the remarkable journey to situate her in family and Country' - Kim Scott Kia Kia, Noogiting Wirren, Minang Yorga, Minang Boodja No Longer a Wandering Spirit acknowledges the sleeping spirit of Bessy Flowers, a Minang ancestor belonging to the Great Southern of Western Australia. Bessy moved away from her Minang homeland in June 1867, never to return. She was a young Aboriginal woman, educated, musical, confident and hopeful. On Thursday I wished I was going to Church instead of rocking about in the steamer…Often & often my thoughts fly to dear Albany. Admired for a time, Bessy's esteemed qualities could not shield her from the injustices of colonial society. I hope you will allow us to stay on this station it comes hard on the children and myself wandering about without a home…
9781760802226 1760802220
Cameron, Bessy, approximately 1849-1895.
Women, Aboriginal Australian--Biography.
Teachers, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Biography.
Stolen generations (Australia)--Australia--Albany (W.A.)
Children, Aboriginal Australian--Education.
Nyunga (Australian people)
Aboriginal Australians--Civil rights.
Biographies.