Is that you, Ruthie?
Hegarty, Ruth, 1929-2024
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'Is that you...?' Matron's voice would ring out across the dormitory. In that pause sixty little girls would stop in their tracks, waiting to hear who was in trouble. All too often the name called out would be that of the high-spirited dormitory girl Ruthie. In the Depression years Queensland's notorious Cherbourg Aboriginal Mission became home to four-year-old Ruth until her late teens when she was sent out to serve as a domestic on a station homestead. Ruthie is the central character in this lively and candid memoir of institutional life. Her milestones and memories reflect the experiences of many dormitory girls. The strong and lasting bonds that developed between them helped to compensate for family love and support denied them by the government's disruptive removal policy. An inspiring life story, this remarkable memoir won the David Unaipon Award in 1998.
Main title:
Is that you, Ruthie? / Ruth Hegarty ; introduction by Jackie Huggins.
Author:
Hegarty, Ruth, 1929-, authorHuggins, Jackie, 1956-, author
Work:
Edition:
First Nations classics edition.
Imprint:
St. Lucia, Queensland : UQP, 2024.©1999.
Collation:
xvii, 137 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
First published in 1999.
ISBN:
9780702268540 (paperback)9780702269837 (pdf)9780702269844 (ebook)
Dewey class:
305.89915B/HEG
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2291311