Intro; 1; Guard of honour; 2; White lies; 3; The shark; 4; 'Listen to God'; 5; 'Be careful around boys'; 6; The 'Black End'; 7; On the road; 8; Press gallery; 9; To be willing; 10; University challenge; 11; Touching shame; 12; 'We've got a big file on him.'; 13; 'Why would a priest do this?'; 14; Reconciliation; 15; Secrets and lies; 16; Lateline and lies; 17; Indicted; 18; Bad spirits; 19; Unlocking the door; 20; The Perfect Dawn; Photo Section
Summary
This is a memoir of an Aboriginal woman, Tjanara Goreng Goreng, who began life without any of the advantages of her fellow non-Indigenous Australians except for grit, humour and diverse talent in spades. Life was tough and poor as an Aboriginal kid in No Go, in remote Queensland. Tjanara navigates the treacherous waters of her childhood, immersed in the legacy of 200 years of brutal treatment of her mother's people that has left its suppurating scars deep in their psyche. Tjanara's parents believed that education was the only way to break through systemic poverty, and found ways to send all fiv
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 08, 2020)
