| Record Number |
836388 |
| ISBN |
9781925936513 (paperback) |
| 1925936511 (paperback) |
| Author |
Lees, Pattie, 1948- author. |
| Title |
A question of colour : my journey to belonging / Patricia Lees with Adam C Lees. |
| Publisher/Date |
Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2020. |
| ©2020 |
| Pagination etc. |
xxx, 346 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary Note |
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. |
| Subject - Name |
Lees, Pattie, -- 1948- |
| Subject |
Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Queensland |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Queensland -- Palm Island |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Biography |
| Stolen generations (Australia) -- Biography |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Removal -- Personal narratives |
| Palm Island Aboriginal Reserve (Qld.) |
| Autobiographies. |
| Added Author |
Lees, Adam C. author. |
| Shelf Location |
362.84991 LEES |
