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One Long Thread

By: Belinda Jeffrey,Marie Munkara

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When culture and faith collide . . . nothing is sacred. In the Aboriginal missions of far northern Australia, it was a battle between saving souls and saving traditional culture. Every Secret Thing is a rough, tough, hilarious portrayal of the Bush Mob and the Mission Mob, and the hapless clergy trying to convert them. In these tales, everyone is fair game. At once playful and sharp, Marie Munkara's wonderfully original collection of stories cast a taunting new light on the Christian mission era in Australia and the 'Stolen Generation'.

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Univ. of Queensland Press

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0702247936

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9780702247934

Of Ashes and Rivers that Run to the Sea

By: Marie Munkara

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Of Ashes and Rivers that Run to the Sea

By: Marie Munkara

A heartbreaking, darkly funny and deeply moving memoir from a fearlessly talented writer Delivered on the banks of the Mainoru River by her two full-blood grandmothers, Marie Munkara was born with light skin which meant one thing - it would only be a matter of time before she would be taken by the authorities and given to a white family to be raised. Then twenty-eight years later an old baptismal card falling out of a book changed the course of her life forever. It was a link to her past. Knowing that she had to follow her heart or forever live to regret it Marie set out to find the family that she had lost, leaving her strict white Catholic parents aghast - why dig up the past? With devastating honesty, humour and courage, the award-winning author of Every Secret Thing shares her extraordinary journey of discovery to find her origins.

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216

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Random House Australia

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0857987283

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9780857987280

One Long Thread

By: Belinda Jeffrey,Marie Munkara

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One Long Thread

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A Most Peculiar Act

A Novel

By: Marie Munkara

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A Most Peculiar Act

A Novel

By: Marie Munkara

A Most Peculiar Act casts a sardonic eye at the protectionist policies of the early 20th century from the perspective of an Aboriginal fringe-camp dweller by the name of Sugar. Against the background of the Aboriginal Ordinances Act and the "White Australia" policy, Sugar's resistance to assimilation turns into a protracted battle with the authorities and the chief protector Horatio Humphris (or Horrid Hump). Interspersed with illicit affairs, stolen children and unwelcome foreigners, A Most Peculiar Act sees Sugar and her oppressors finally meet on a level playing field with an outcome neither side could have foreseen.

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1925936279

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9781925936278

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One Long Thread

One Long Thread

Of Ashes and Rivers that Run to the Sea

Of Ashes and Rivers that Run to the Sea

One Long Thread

One Long Thread

A Most Peculiar Act

A Most Peculiar Act

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