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The Power of Bones by Keelen Mailman

06/07/2014 by Yvonne Perkins 12 Comments

“I chose survival” says Keelen Mailman in her memoir, The Power of Bones. Powerful, painful and memorable, The Power of Bones lays bare the struggles and achievements of Aboriginal life in  Australia during the late twentieth century and more recently. Mailman is an Aboriginal woman from south-west Queensland near Charleville. She had a hard childhood and a poor education but … [Read more...] about The Power of Bones by Keelen Mailman

Review: A Long Way Home

18/08/2013 by Yvonne Perkins 2 Comments

Do you remember becoming separated from your parents by accident as a child?  That moment when you realised that you could not find your parents and were lost in a strange place was terrifying.  You may have been rooted by fear, or madly dashed around. You probably called out for them in between sobs. Perhaps you have lost one of your own children.  My husband recalls the … [Read more...] about Review: A Long Way Home

Review: Paint me Black by Claire Henty-Gebert

07/07/2013 by Yvonne Perkins 10 Comments

One day I was reading brief accounts in the newspaper written by some people who were over one hundred years old.  And there she was, Margaret Somerville, the link to the book Paint Me Black, that was waiting on my bedroom floor to be read. I was a missionary, I went to Croker Island, just off Darwin, and was a cottage mother at a home for part-Aboriginal children. The … [Read more...] about Review: Paint me Black by Claire Henty-Gebert

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Yvonne Perkins is a professional historian and launched Stumbling Through the Past in August 2010. Focusing on history, and Australian history in particular, posts include interviews, book reviews, news reports on conferences and reflective pieces.

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