Black, white and exempt : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives under exemption / edited by Lu...
Black, white and exempt : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives under exemption / edited by Lu...
Black, white and exempt : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives under exemption / edited by Lucinda Aberdeen and Jennifer Jones ; contributions by Lucinda Aberdeen, Kathering Ellinghaus, Ashlen Francisco, Jessica Horton, Karen Hughes, Jennifer Jones, Beth Marsden, John Maynard, Kella Robinson, Leonie Stevens and Judi Wickes.
About this item
Full title
Publisher
Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2021.
Call Numbers
G 2021/0051 , H 2021/0293
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 212 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits (some colour) ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2021.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
2021.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
- Australian Aboriginal studies (New South Wales,Australia)
- 20th Century history (c 1914+) (New South Wales,Australia)
- All Australian Indigenous Material (New South Wales,Australia)
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Scope and Contents
Summary
In 1957, Ella Simon of Purfleet mission near Taree, New South Wales, applied for and was granted a certificate of exemption. Exemption gave her legal freedoms denied to other Indigenous Australians at that time: she could travel freely, open a bank account, and live and work where she wanted. In the eyes of the law she became a non-Aboriginal, but...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Black, white and exempt : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lives under exemption / edited by Lucinda Aberdeen and Jennifer Jones ; contributions by Lucinda Aberdeen, Kathering Ellinghaus, Ashlen Francisco, Jessica Horton, Karen Hughes, Jennifer Jones, Beth Marsden, John Maynard, Kella Robinson, Leonie Stevens and Judi Wickes.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Jones, Jennifer (Jennifer Anne), author, editor.
Ellinghaus, Katherine, contributor.
Francisco, Ashlen, contributor.
Horton, Karen, contributor.
Marsden, Beth, contributor.
Maynard, John, 1954- contributor.
Robinson, Kella, contributor.
Stevens, Leonie, 1962- contributor.
Wickes, Judi, contributor.
Notes
General note
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are respectfully advised that this publication contains names and images of deceased persons and culturally sensitive information"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2021.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2021/0051 , H 2021/0293
Record Identifier
74VKaM2XPWVO
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaM2XPWVO
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9781925302332 paperback
DDC
305.89915
MMS ID
991024345619502626
