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The morning that I turned 21…
… saw me scrunched up in the front of a white Ford panel-van, sporting a self-inflicted head-ache, better suited to the skull of an African elephant! I was in the final stages of my sparky’s (electrician’s) apprenticeship and was on my … Continue reading
Posted in Against the odds, Australia, Family, fate, Mum, parenthood, people, tale, Thank you, true story, Western Australia, yarn
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What a morning…
… I woke in a hospital bed – sore as buggery on the inside, but brighter then day on the outside. Damn that feeling hope! Kevin Rudd… a politician he may very well be, but this morning actually caused a … Continue reading
Posted in 1905 Act, 1967 Referendum, Aboriginal, Australia, bad, black, Blackfellas, Broome, bulldust, child, complicated, control, culture, Family, fear, hard, hurt, Indigenous, Islander, mess, messy, parenthood, people, racism, Sorry, stupid, Thank you, Western Australia, Western Australian, white, Whitefellas
Tagged 1905, 1967, 2008, Aboriginal, Aborigine, Apology, Brendan Nelson, Kevin Rudd, Missionaries, Missions, Sorry, Stolen Generation, Thank you, Took The Children Away, Torres Strait Islanders
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