Doreen Kartinyeri : my Ngarrindjeri calling / Doreen Kartinyeri and Sue Anderson.

By: Kartinyeri, Doreen, 1935-Contributor(s): Anderson, SueMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2008Description: xiii, 232 p. , [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780855756598 (pbk.)Other title: My Ngarrindjeri callingSubject(s): Kartinyeri, Doreen, 1935-2007 | Kartinyeri, Doreen, 1935- | Narrinyeri (Australian people) -- Legal status, laws etc | Sacred sites (Australian aboriginal) -- South Australia -- Hindmarsh Island | Sacred sites (Aboriginal Australian) -- South Australia -- Hindmarsh Island | Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography | Stolen generations (Australia) | Narrinyeri (Australian people) -- Legal status, laws, etc | Hindmarsh Island (S. Aust.) | Hindmarsh Island (S. Aust. : Island) | Hindmarsh Island (S.A. : Island)DDC classification: 920.00929915
Contents:
1. Raukkan -- 2. A Family Torn Apart -- 3. Suffer the Little Children -- 4. Unexpected Kindness -- 5. A Hollywood Life -- 6. From Madwoman to Historian -- 7. Putting Black History on White Paper -- 8. The Royal Witch-Hunt -- 9. Epilogue.
Summary: "Lies, Lies, Lies shouted the newspaper headlines following the Royal Commission decision into building the Hindmarsh Island Bridge. Doreen Kartinyeri, key Ngarrindjeri spokeswoman, was devastated. How could whitefella law fail to protect Aboriginal women's sites? Against a backdrop of abuse, threats and ill-health, Doreen fought back. In 2001 the HREOC Inquiry vindicated the women. Aged 10 years, Doreen suffered the loss of her mother, her sister's removal and her own placement in Fullarton Girls Home, 100 kms from home. Doreen later learnt about her culture from her Aunty Rosie and other women with whom she spent time. She had nine children of her own and fostered 23 others. Although poorly schooled in formal terms, Doreen was a tenacious researcher. Her sharp memory allowed her to piece together histories and genealogies and she helped reunite members of the stolen generations. Doreen was a female warrior, dedicated to upholding and protecting Ngarrindjeri law. In Lines in the Sand Doreen Kartinyeri reveals a deep-set desire for social justice, fuelled by passionate love and anger. Her wit and humour abound, while her integrity and sense of justice are inspirational."--Provided by publisher.
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"Doreen was a female warrior, dedicated to upholding and protecting Ngarrindjeri law. Here she reveals a deep-set desire for social justice, fuelled by passionate love and anger. Her wit and humour abound; her integrity and sense of justice inspire".

Includes index and bibliographical references.

1. Raukkan -- 2. A Family Torn Apart -- 3. Suffer the Little Children -- 4. Unexpected Kindness -- 5. A Hollywood Life -- 6. From Madwoman to Historian -- 7. Putting Black History on White Paper -- 8. The Royal Witch-Hunt -- 9. Epilogue.

"Lies, Lies, Lies shouted the newspaper headlines following the Royal Commission decision into building the Hindmarsh Island Bridge. Doreen Kartinyeri, key Ngarrindjeri spokeswoman, was devastated. How could whitefella law fail to protect Aboriginal women's sites? Against a backdrop of abuse, threats and ill-health, Doreen fought back. In 2001 the HREOC Inquiry vindicated the women. Aged 10 years, Doreen suffered the loss of her mother, her sister's removal and her own placement in Fullarton Girls Home, 100 kms from home. Doreen later learnt about her culture from her Aunty Rosie and other women with whom she spent time. She had nine children of her own and fostered 23 others. Although poorly schooled in formal terms, Doreen was a tenacious researcher. Her sharp memory allowed her to piece together histories and genealogies and she helped reunite members of the stolen generations. Doreen was a female warrior, dedicated to upholding and protecting Ngarrindjeri law. In Lines in the Sand Doreen Kartinyeri reveals a deep-set desire for social justice, fuelled by passionate love and anger. Her wit and humour abound, while her integrity and sense of justice are inspirational."--Provided by publisher.

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