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The cherry picker's daughter : a childhood memoir / Kerry Reed-Gilbert.

The cherry picker's daughter : a childhood memoir / Kerry Reed-Gilbert.
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ISBN 9781925893090 :
Author Reed-Gilbert, Kerry (author.)
Title The cherry picker's daughter : a childhood memoir / Kerry Reed-Gilbert.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Melbourne, [Vic.] : Deadly Dingo Books, 2019.
©2019.
Description 239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm.
Summary The strength of family ties in Aboriginal communities is clearly evident when three-month-old Kerry and her brother lost both parents. Her father, Kevin Gilbert, later to become a famous activist, writer, painter and actor, killed their mother and was jailed for many years. Her father's sister, whom she always called Mummy, raised Kerry and her brother along with her own children and others within the extended family. The book is a tribute to this truly remarkable woman: their tower of strength, love and selflessness, who worked tirelessly to support all the children, who during fruit-picking season, made sure they attended school wherever it took them, who managed to keep them from being taken/'stolen' by the 'Welfare'. For so many Aboriginal people surviving during the 50s, 60s and 70s, fruit-picking meant the difference between going hungry or having a roof over your head. Aunty Kerry grew up in humpies, tents and run-down train carriages, working from a very young age to help her family to earn 'an honest living'. Their life was one of hard but determined work, and family unity gave them the strength and dignity to continue. Their greatest strength in surviving the Protectors, the White Australia Policy and the everyday racism that they faced, was Mummy and their identity as Aboriginal people.
Subjects Reed-Gilbert, Kerry
Gilbert, Kevin, -- 1933-1993
Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography
Families, Aboriginal Australian
Wiradjuri (Australian people) -- Biography
Country life -- New South Wales
Wiradjuri language
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography
New South Wales -- Biography
Call number 2019.406
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A00929276 2019.406
General Collection   . Available to Museum Staff .  
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