Under a bilari tree I born / Alice Bilari Smith, with Anna Vitenbergs and Loreen Brehaut.

"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are respectfully advised that deceased people are referenced in this publication."--Title page.

Originally published in 2002.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Birth and Family: Country and Station -- 2.Childhood on Rocklea Station -- 3.Staying with the Whitefellas -- 4.Learning the Traditional Ways -- 5.Growing Up -- 6.Marriage and Family -- 7.Working Life in the Bush -- 8.Bringing Up the Family in the Bush -- 9.Schooling for the Family -- 10.Moving Towards Town -- 11.Living in Roebourne -- Appendices -- Alice Bilari Smith's Family Tree -- Jack Smith's Family Tree -- Alice Smith's Native Welfare Department File.

Alice Bilari Smith lived in the Pilbara, on stations and in the bush, on government reserves and in towns. Narrowly avoiding removal from her family by 'the Welfare', life on the stations taught her to cook and launder, sew and clean, shoe horses, chop wood and milk cows. Her working life on stations continued as a young married woman and she added mustering, dingo scalping, shearers' assistant and sheepyard building to her skills. Alice Bilari Smith also grew up in the ways of the country, hunting, cooking and building in the traditional manner. By the time she had five children of her own she was playing an active role in caring for other Aboriginal children and she initiated the establishment of a Homemakers Centre in Roebourne.