One Life, Two Stories: Nancy de Vries' Journey Home
By (Author) Nancy de Vries
By (author) Dr Gaynor Macdonald
By (author) Jane Mears
By (author) Anna Nettheim
Sydney University Press
Sydney University Press
5th June 2012
Australia
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Biography and non-fiction prose
362.849915
Paperback
192
Width 148mm, Height 210mm, Spine 11mm
305g
In 1997 Nancy de Vries accepted the Apology from the Parliament of New South Wales on behalf of all the Indigenous children who had been taken from their families and communities throughout the state's history. It was an honour that recognised she had the courage to speak about a life of pain and loneliness.
Nancy tells her story in an unusual and challenging collaboration with Dr Gaynor Macdonald (Anthropology) of the University of Sydney, Associate Professor Jane Mears (Social Policy) of the University of Western Sydney and Dr Anna Nettheim (Anthropology) of the University of Sydney.
Gaynor Macdonald is a senior lecturer in anthropology at the University of Sydney.