Record Number |
21116 |
ISBN |
9781760686574 |
1760686573 |
Location |
305.89 OBR |
Author |
O'Brien, Dianne, (author). |
Title |
Daughter of the river country : from stolen childhood to remarkable leader - a memoir of survival and triumph / Dianne O'Brien. |
Published |
Richmond, VIC : Echo Publishing, 2021. |
London : Echo, 2021. |
©2021. |
Collation |
336 pages : portraits (some colour) ; 23 cm. |
Content types |
text |
still image |
Carrier type |
volume |
General Note |
"A story about the power of love." -- Linda Burney, MP, Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum, 17- 18 July 2021. |
Collection code: W - Women. |
Summary Note |
"From a victim of the Stolen Generations comes a remarkable memoir of abuse, survival - and ultimately hope. Born in country NSW in the 1940s, baby Dianne is immediately taken from her Aboriginal mother … At the age of thirty-six, while raising six kids on her own, Dianne discovers she is a Yorta Yorta woman, a daughter of the river country. She is reunited with her birth mother … Miraculously she finds a way to forgive her traumatic past and becomes a leader in her own right, vowing to help other stolen people just like her." - Back cover. |
Personal Name |
O'Brien, Dianne |
O'Brien, Dianne-Childhood and youth |
O'Brien, Dianne-Family |
Corporate Name |
Parramatta Girls Home (Parramatta, N.S.W.) |
Subject |
Stolen generations (Australia) |
Aboriginal Australians |
Aboriginal Australians -- History |
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of |
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography |
Adoptive parents -- Australia |
Desertion and non-support -- Australia |
Rape victims -- Australia |
Pregnant women -- Australia |
Mothers -- Australia |
Married people -- Australia |
Abused women -- Australia |
Family violence -- Australia |
Birthmothers -- Australia |
Human rights workers -- Australia |
Australian |
Biography & Memoir (Australia) |
Australian Aboriginal studies (Australia) |
All Australian Indigenous Material (Australia) |
Added Name |
Williams, Sue, (author). |