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From Roots to Twigs - Book 1
Book 1 of Harold Blair Heeney's family genealogy research, traces his ancestry back several generations to William Heeney and Sarah Howard. This book includes information on them and their descendants from the early 1800's to 2005. For privacy reasons, the data relating to those still living has been blacked out. Sources used include family records and stories, including old bibles, nominal and agricultural records from 1851-1891 in the Census records of Archives Canada, readings on cemetery stones, various church records, and histories written by some of the older members of the family.
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Stolen Generations
"Until Keith Windschuttle published his critical history of the stolen generations, allegations that Australian governments once had a racist agenda to remove Aboriginal children from their parents had never been closely scrutinized to see if the archival records confirmed their truth. Author and journalist Tony Thomas thought Windschuttle's huge, forensically detailed work deserved a more publicaly accessible version. So he rewrote it in thirteen no-frills chapters, each the length of a newspaper feature article, to produce this pocket edition."--Back cover.
Talking to My Country
An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture, and identity. When Stan Grant was born in Australia in 1963, the national census classed him and his family among the country’s flora and fauna. As Aboriginal Australians, their history and culture had been suppressed for centuries. A legacy of racism stood between him and the opportunities that white Australia - the so-called Lucky County - seemed awash with. But Grant was lucky enough to find an escape route through education. Finding early inspiration in the writing of James Baldwin and fellow indigenous activists at the Australian National University, on completing his studies he went on to become one of the country'...
