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Reading list

Autobiographies and biographies of the Stolen Generations

All books listed are available in the AIATSIS Library

Decker, Dianne, Long time coming home :
as recalled by Marjorie Woodrow , Lake Haven, N.S.W. : Marjorie Woodrow, 2001
ISBN: 0957907109

Fraser, Rosalie,   Shadow child :
a memoir of the stolen generation , Alexandria, NSW : Hale & Iremonger, 1998.
ISBN: 0868066583 :

Kartinyeri, Doris,   Kick the tin / by Doris E. Kartinyeri, North Melbourne :
Spinifex Press, 2000.
ISBN: 1875559957

Kruger, Alec, and Waterford, Gerard, A lone on the Soaks :
the life and times of Alec Kruger ,  Alice Springs, N.T. : IAD Press, c2007.
ISBN: 9781864650785 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1864650788 (pbk.)

Mellor, Doreen and Haebich, Anna (editors), Many voices :
reflections on experiences of Indigenous child separation,  Canberra : National Library of Australia, c2002.
ISBN: 0642107548

Muir, Hilda Jarman, Very big journey : my life as I remember it ,  Canberra :
Aboriginal Studies Press, 2004.
ISBN: 0855753978

Terszak, Mary,  Orphaned by the colour of my skin : a stolen generation story :
Maleny, Qld. : Verdant House, c2008.
ISBN: 9781921348082 (pbk.)

Vincenti, Heather, and Dickman, Deborah, Too many tears :
an autobioigraphical account of stolen generations St Albans, Vic. : Meme Media, 2008.
ISBN: 9780980488203 (pbk.)

Historical Fiction

Behrendt, Larissa,   Home ,  St Lucia, Qld. :
University of Queensland Press, 2004.
(Winner of the David Unaipon prize 2004)
ISBN: 0702234079

For Students

Bell, Helen, Idjhil -- and the land cried for its lost soul ,  Crawley, W.A.
Cygnet, 2003, c1996.
Audience: For children.
ISBN: 1876268905 (pbk)

Heiss, Anita,  Who am I? :
The diary of Mary Talence : Sydney, 1937,  Sydney : Scholastic Australia, 2001.
Historical fiction -  diary of a ten year old girl, taken from her family to Bomaderry Children’s Home; then from the Home she was adopted by a white family; her experiences with her
adopted family and at school; missing the Empire Day celebrations and attending the Aboriginal Conference in Elizabeth Street instead on 26 January 1938
Audience: For primary and lower secondary school children.
ISBN: 1865043613

Hill, Anthony, The burnt stick , Ringwood, Vic :
Viking , 1994
ISBN: 0-67085-912-5

Hill, Marji, Stories of the stolen generations, Port Melbourne :
Rigby, 2008.
Reading grade level: 10 years and up
ISBN: 9781741401769

Hollinsworth, D. (David), They took the children, Kingswood, S. Aust. :
Working Title Press, 2003.
Audience: For primary school students.
ISBN: 1876288132 (pbk.)

Kartinyeri, Doris Eileen, Bush games and knucklebones
Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 2003
ISBN: 1875641815

Pilkington Garimara, Doris, Home to mother , St Lucia, Qld. :
University of Queensland Press, 2006.
General Note: "A younger reader's edition of Follow the Rabbit-proof Fence."
Audience: For primary students.
ISBN: 0702235466 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780702235467 (pbk.)

Urgent : what would you do if this happened to you?
Milsons Point, N.S.W. : Random House, 2003.
Fictional work written by a group of teenagers from the Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative, working with Dr Leanne Rowe; story of fictional character Albert Thompson, a member of the Stolen Generations who is tracked down by his three daughters; story told through scrapbook put together by the three daughters; aimed at students to stimulate discussion of issues and to increase understanding and intolerance of racism; includes letters, poetry, artwork and personal accounts of lives with contributions by over thirty young Indigenous and non Indigenous people
Audience: For secondary school students.
ISBN: 1740519043