Alice's Daughter: Lost Mission Child  9781925302936
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Author: Ferro, Jackie
Book Name: Alice's Daughter: Lost Mission Child
Subject Name: Social-science

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&My story is not about blame. It&s about sharing history that belongs to all of Australia. I needed a push but I am happy to finally give little Rhonda a voice so that my words will live on after I leave this world.&In 1954 aged three Rhonda Collard-Spratt was taken from her Aboriginal family and placed on Carnarvon Native Mission Western Australia. Growing up in the white world of chores and aprons religious teachings and cruel beatings Rhonda drew strength and healing from her mission brothers and sisters her art music and poetry and her unbreakable bond with the Dreaming. Alice&s Daughter is the story of Rhonda&s search for culture and family as she faces violence racism foster families and her father&s death in custodyone of the first deaths investigated as part of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Written in Rhonda&s distinctive voice Alice&s Daughter is fearless compelling and intimate reading. Coupled with her vibrant and powerful paintings and poetry Rhonda&s is a journey of sadness humour resilience and ultimately survival.Read more

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