![]() ![]() When the book was brought to my attention, I was embarrassed and worried what else might be in our library that I didn’t know about. This book made me angry and should not have been on a library shelf in 2019 to be seen by young minds. I didn’t want my son experiencing what I did. I saw and lived the impact of racism and discrimination, of being dehumanised. My nanna’s menstrual cycle was recorded by an anthropologist like he was studying animals. ![]() They had to ask for permission for everything: to marry, to work, even to buy underwear. My grandparents are both from the stolen generations and were removed from their families to a mission to live under oppressive conditions of ‘The Act’. Nothing I learnt in school reflected me, my family, our culture and history. ![]() It took me back to my childhood – growing up in the ‘80s learning about ‘The Aborigines’, defined as nomadic people who wandered aimlessly until white people came and made us civilised. ![]() I flicked through the pages and was disturbed at what I saw. When my 8-year-old showed me his library book, I knew immediately from the cover it wasn’t going to be positive. Dale Robertson and Kerry Klimm in the school library. ![]()
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