ISBN10: 1920731121, ISBN13: 9781920731120, [publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press] Softcover WEST AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINALAward-winning study of life within the Moore River Native Settlement. Part of the bold social experiment by the 'Chief Protector of Aborigines' A O Neville, the Western Australian settlement was for thirty years 'sort of a place like home' for thousands of indigenous people. Making extensive and imaginative use of oral sources and official documents, Sort of a Place Like Home creates a vivid and intimate picture of the life experience of Moore River inmates, while documenting the appalling bureaucratic incompetence, official indifference and occasional brutality that made Moore River notorious. Surprisingly, not all the memories are bad. In the midst of the institutional gloom, determination and optimism united inmates - a testament to the human durability that Neville's experiment sought to destroy. 141214/0118/1219/211223 pp. 368 illusts(ex-college library marking, only on fpd - otherwise fine) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.
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ISBN10: 1920731121, ISBN13: 9781920731120, [publisher: Fremantle Press, Australia] Softcover First Edition 368 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.
[Ferny Grove, QLD, Australia] [Publication Year: 2003]
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Australia Fremantle Press 2003 First Edition Paperback Fine in None Issued jacket 368 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.