Auntie Rita, Rita Huggins and Jackie Huggins
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Auntie Rita, Rita Huggins and Jackie Huggins
Language
eng
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non fiction
Main title
Auntie Rita
Responsibility statement
Rita Huggins and Jackie Huggins
Summary
Life story of Rita Huggins as told to her daughter Jackie; family taken from their Pitjara country to Cherbourg in 1932; life at Cherbourg, schooling and imprisonment under the Aborigines Protection Act; strong ties of family and community; domestic service at an early age; marriage and family life at Ayr; move to suburban Brisbane as a widow with a young family; adjustment to city life; involvement with Aboriginal organisations especially OPAL; travel in Australia and overseas; impressions of Aboriginal culture , people and contemporary issues; text interspersed with Jackie Huggins interpretation of events; includes genealogies of Holt and Conway families; includes glossary of Pitjara, Wakka Wakka and Aboriginal English words
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