Sort of a place like home : remembering the Moore River Native Settlement / Susan Maushart.
Publication details: Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2003.Edition: Rev. edDescription: 368 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cmISBN:- 1920731121 (pbk.)
- Moore River Native Settlement (W.A.) -- History
- Aboriginal Australian children -- Institutional care -- Western Australia -- Moore River Region
- Aboriginal Australian children -- Western Australia -- Moore River Region -- Social conditions
- Child welfare -- Western Australia -- Moore River Region -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Moore River Region -- Government relations
- 994.12 21
- 994.120049915 21
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book | Jessie Street National Women's Library | 994.12 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available for reference in the library and ILL | 63265 |
Includes index.
Prev. ed.: 1993.
Bibliography: p. 360-361.
Making extensive and imaginative use of oral sources and official documents, Sort of a Place Like Home creates a vivid and intimate picture of the life experience of Moore River inmates, whilst documenting the appalling bureaucratic incompetence, official indifference and brutality that made Moore River notorious.
There are no comments on this title.
Log in to your account to post a comment.