TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aberdeen,Lucinda
AU  - Aberdeen,Lucinda
AU  - Jones,Jennifer
TI  - Black, white and exempt: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives under exemption 
SN  - 9781925302332
U1  - 305.89915 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Canberra, ACT
PB  - Aboriginal Studies Press
KW  - Aboriginal Australians
KW  - Government policy
KW  - History
KW  - Australia
KW  - Race relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In 1957, Ella Simon of Purfleet mission near Taree, New South Wales, applied for and was granted a certificate of exemption. Exemption gave her legal freedoms denied to other Indigenous Australians at that time: she could travel freely, open a bank account, and live and work where she wanted. In the eyes of the law she became a non-Aboriginal, but in return she could not associate with other Aboriginal people even her own family or community. It 'stank in my nostrils' - Ella Simon 1978. These personal and often painful histories uncovered in archives, family stories and lived experiences reveal new perspectives on exemption. Black, White and Exempt describes the resourcefulness of those who sought exemption to obtain freedom from hardship and oppressive regulation of their lives as Aboriginal Australians. It celebrates their resilience and how they used their exempt status to increase opportunities for their families and advance Aboriginal rights including the abolition of the exemption system. Contributions by Lucinda Aberdeen, Katherine Ellinghaus, Ashlen Francisco, Jessica Horton, Karen Hughes, Jennifer Jones, Beth Marsden, John Maynard, Kella Robinson, Leonie Stevens and Judi Wickes
ER  -