That was my home : voices from the Noongar camps in Fremantle and the western suburbs / Denise Cook.

By: Cook, Denise [author.]Contributor(s): Charles and Joy Staples South West Region Publications Fund [issuing body.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Crawley, Australia : UWA Publishing, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760800321 (paperback)Subject(s): Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Perth -- History | Noongar (Australian people) -- Social life and customs | Noongar (Australian people) -- Western AustraliaDDC classification: 305.89915 Summary: That Was My Home explores the hidden histories of the Noongar camps around Fremantle, Swanbourne and Shenton Park in the suburbs of Perth along the Swan River. The focus is the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, a time when many Noongar people lived with their families in camps. The voices of Noongar people, juxtaposed with information from the archives, photographs and stories from others in the community, tell of life in the camps, work, cross-cultural tensions and friendships. Together they give a greater understanding of the shared histories of our suburbs. The author followed Aboriginal cultural protocols in obtaining permission to include stories, photos and other information.
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"Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people are warned that some images in this book are of people who are now deceased."--Title page verso.

"The Charles and Joy Staples South West Region Publications Fund."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

That Was My Home explores the hidden histories of the Noongar camps around Fremantle, Swanbourne and Shenton Park in the suburbs of Perth along the Swan River. The focus is the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, a time when many Noongar people lived with their families in camps. The voices of Noongar people, juxtaposed with information from the archives, photographs and stories from others in the community, tell of life in the camps, work, cross-cultural tensions and friendships. Together they give a greater understanding of the shared histories of our suburbs. The author followed Aboriginal cultural protocols in obtaining permission to include stories, photos and other information.

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