Title Black chicks talking / Leah Purcell

Published Sydney : Hodder, 2002 Sydney : Hodder Headline, 2002 ©2002

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	305.89915 Pur/Bct		AVAILABLE

Description xvi, 363 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm regular print Contents Performance brought me more than fame : Deborah Mailman -- In the zone : Sharon Finnan -- Voice on the wind : Frances Rings -- Millennium woman : Liza Fraser-Gooda -- A mother's love : Cilla Malone -- International woman : Tammy Williams -- Shining light : Kathryn Hay -- Golden Holden : Rachel Perkins -- Natural woman : Rosanna Angus -- Dinner Summary Nine young Aboriginal women, successful in a variety of professions, tell their stories to Leah Purcell, herself a singer, songwriter, actor, choreographer and director. Some have achieved success in the white fella's world; others are working to improve life within Aboriginal communities or maintain Indigenous traditions Notes Donated by the Premier's Office Subject Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Social conditions. Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Social life and customs. Adoption -- Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Women -- Interviews. Aboriginal Australians -- Women -- Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians -- Women -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy. Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Adoption Aboriginal Australians -- Women -- Interviews. Aboriginal Australian businesswomen Children, Aboriginal Australian. Beauty contestants. Australian fiction. Aboriginal Australians -- Women. Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Interviews. Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Economic conditions. Genre/Form Interviews. Interviews. Author Purcell, Leah, 1970- author LC no. 2002491348 ISBN 0733610706 paperback

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