Pilawuk was born in Luttagia, near Darwin, in 1955. Without using the words “Stolen Generation”, Janeen Brian describes Pilawuk’s story of being taken from her Ngangiwumerri people as a child because she had an Aboriginal mother and a white father and was deemed as being able to fit in with a non-Aboriginal family.
She was sent to a Mission on Melville Island and then to Adelaide where she lived with different families. As a 16 year old, she traced her family and was reunited soon after. The story is simply told in the first person, authentically evoking Pilawuk and her childhood. There are maps, black and white photos, coloured photos and sketches to support and extend the information. There is a Family Tree and a brief Glossary at the end of the book.
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