Description |
xi, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
Prologue: Who I am -- 1. Taken -- 2. Childhood in Mulgoa -- 3. A mountain interlude -- 4. My first dressing gown -- 5. Boy to man -- 6. Widening horizons -- 7. Forging ahead -- 8. Making connections -- 9. Ros -- 10. Business and pleasure -- 11. Soaring |
Summary |
John Moriarty, the man who put the beautiful dot-painted Qantas Wunala Dreaming jet in the sky, was taken from his mother at the age of four. He was shipped without his family's knowledge to a children's home, entering a harsh world of orphanages and poverty. This is the story of how he rose to fame against incredible odds |
Analysis |
Aborigines |
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Autobiography |
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Biography & autobiography (Australia ) Australian Aboriginal studies ALL AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS MATERIAL |
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Design |
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John Moriarty |
Notes |
Includes index |
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Donated by Prof. Lowitja O'Donoghue |
Subject |
Moriarty, John, 1938-2007.
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Moriarty, John.
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Balarinji (Firm)
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Balarinji Design
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Balarinji Designs
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Aboriginal Australians -- Biography.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Art.
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Art, Aboriginal Australian.
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Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography.
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Textile designers -- Australia -- Biography.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114302
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Author |
McHugh, Evan.
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LC no. |
00343287 |
ISBN |
0670878650 |
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