My Australian Story: Who Am I? by Anita Heiss (9781865048581)
My Australian Story: Who Am I? (Book)
Anita Heiss Release Date: 01 Mar 2006 Format: Hardback Pages: 198 Publisher: Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781865048581 ISBN-10: 1865048585
The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney, 1937. "I woke up this morning and I couldn't stop crying cos this place is not my home, even though everyone says it is. I miss Matron Rose and all the kids and now I miss my real mum more than ever. When I was a little girl Mum would always hug me when I cried and tell me everything would be all right. Who's gunna hug me here?" Mary was taken to Bomaderry Aboriginal Children's Home when she was only five years old. Now she's ten years old and living with a white family in Sydney. She doesn't fit in and starts to question why.