Paint Me Black: Memories Of Croker Island And Other Journeys

Author: Claire Henty-Gebert

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Description

Claire Henty-Gebert, born in 1930, was four years old when she was taken to the Bungalow mission in Alice Springs. Much of her young life was spent on Croker Island mission.

Table of contents

Preface; Introduction; European settlement; The Bungalow; News of the War; The long trek south; Oenpelli; From trucks to trains; The American Liberator; Cyclone Tracy, 1974; Massive evacuation; Meeting my family for the first time; The meeting; The lost childhood years.