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Title Aboriginal women by degrees : their stories of the journey towards academic achievement / edited by Mary Ann Bin-Sallik
Published St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2000

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  378.188299915 Bin/Awb  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Series Black Australian writers
UQP Black Australian writers.
Contents Ch. 1. Introduction: Women's Business / Mary Ann Bin-Sallik -- Ch. 2. Black Pearl / Lillian Holt -- Ch. 3. From Outback to Academia / Veronica Arbon -- Ch. 4. Clever, Quiet and Obedient / Isabelle Adams -- Ch. 5. Mirrakopal / Miriam Stead Raymond -- Ch. 6. Strong Role Models / Larissa Behrendt -- Ch. 7. Education Is the Cure / Davina Woods -- Ch. 8. Creativity Is the Name of the Game / Nerida White -- Ch. 9. Anything But Aboriginal / Lyn Devow -- Ch. 10. Well, I Rest My Case! / Jackie Huggins -- Ch. 11. Working for the Crown / Veronica McClintic -- Ch. 12. The Circle is Complete / Eleanor Bourke -- Ch. 13. Indigenous Pedagogy / Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann -- Ch. 14. Epilogue: Common Threads / Mary Ann Bin-Sallik
Summary A valuable Aboriginal perspective, these are inside stories about overcoming the sometimes invisible barriers of racial prejudice. The thirteen women from different backgrounds and communities across the nation are proud to represent their Aboriginal heritage. Successful graduates, they are now practitioners in law, art, academia
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography
Notes Bob Hawke copy donated by Prof Lowitja O'Donoghue
Subject Huggins, Jackie.
Aboriginal Australians -- Education (Higher)
Aboriginal Australians -- Women -- Biography.
Aboriginal Australians -- Women -- Education (Higher)
Aboriginal Australians -- Women.
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography.
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Education (Higher)
Women, Aboriginal Australian.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Bin-Sallik, Mary Ann.
LC no. 00709125
ISBN 0702231479