Jack Charles : born-again blakfella / with Namila Benson.
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TextPublisher: [Melbourne, Victoria] : Viking, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: xviii, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780143792222 (paperback)Subject(s): Charles, Jack, 1943- | Aboriginal Australian actors -- Victoria -- Biography | Stolen generations (Australia) -- Victoria -- BiographyGenre/Form: Autobiographies. DDC classification: 792.028092 Summary: Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government's White Australia Policy. The loneliness and isolation he experienced during those years had a devastating impact on him that endured long after he reconnected with his Aboriginal roots and discovered his stolen identity. Even today he feels like an outsider; a loner; a fringe dweller.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | B /CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 12/06/2023 | 31111077309977 |
Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government's White Australia Policy. The loneliness and isolation he experienced during those years had a devastating impact on him that endured long after he reconnected with his Aboriginal roots and discovered his stolen identity. Even today he feels like an outsider; a loner; a fringe dweller.
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