TY  - GEN
T1  - A question of colour  : my journey to belonging
A1  - Lees, Patricia
A1  - Lees, Adam C.
LA  - English
PP  - Broome, W.A.
PB  - Magabala Books
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1314431962
AB  - 'These two children have been in our Home in Townsville for more than two years, and in view of their very dark colouring, have not been assimilated into the white race. Every effort has been made to place them in a foster home without success because of their colour.' Queensland State Children's Department correspondence, 21 June 1960. The removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families remains a dark chapter in Australia's history. Pattie Lees was just ten-years-old when she and her four siblings were separated from their mother on the grounds of neglect and placed into State care. Believing she was being shipped and exiled to Africa, Pattie was ultimately fated to spend the rest of her childhood on the island once dubbed 'Australia's Alcatraz' -Palm Island Aboriginal Settlement, off the coast of Queensland. A Question of Colour; my journey to belonging provides a first-hand account of Pattie's experiences as a 'fair-skinned Aboriginal' during Australia's assimilationist policy era and recounts her survival following a decade of sexual, physical and emotional abuse as a Ward of the State. A Question of Colour is a deeply moving and powerful testimony to the resilience of a young girl, her identity and her journey to belong.
CN  - GN666
SN  - 9781925936520
SN  - 192593652X
SN  - 9781925936537
SN  - 1925936538
SN  - 9781925936513
SN  - 1925936511
KW  - Lees, Patricia.
KW  - Children, Aboriginal Australian : Institutional care : Australia : Queensland.
KW  - Stolen generations (Australia) : Biography.
KW  - Aboriginal Australians : Australia : Queensland : Removal : Personal narratives.
KW  - Palm Island Aboriginal Reserve (Qld.)
KW  - Enfants australiens (aborigènes) : Soins en institutions : Australie : Queensland.
KW  - Générations volées (Australie) : Biographies.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
KW  - Children, Aboriginal Australian : Institutional care
KW  - Stolen generations (Australia)
KW  - Queensland
KW  - autobiographies (literary genre)
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - Autobiographies.
ER  -