Paint Me Black: Memories of Croker Island and Other Journeys

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Claire Henty-Gebert, born in 1930, was four years old when she was taken to the Bungalow mission in Alice Springs. Much of her young life was spent on Croker Island mission.

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"It is a tragedy that Australia has so few first-person accounts of Aboriginal life in the 19th century, but Aboriginal Studies Press is attempting to redress the balance with fine contemporary accounts. This is a simple but beautifully told story of the life of Claire Henty-Gebert, the daughter of an Aboriginal woman and a vicious property owner." --Bruce Elder, "Sydney Morning Herald"