Tear in the Soul

Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania, Biography & Memoir, Historical
Cover of the book Tear in the Soul by Amanda Webster, University of New South Wales Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Amanda Webster ISBN: 9781742242552
Publisher: University of New South Wales Press Publication: February 1, 2017
Imprint: New South Language: English
Author: Amanda Webster
ISBN: 9781742242552
Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
Publication: February 1, 2017
Imprint: New South
Language: English

A foreigner's criticism provides the impetus for Amanda Webster to embark on a long-intended search for two former school friends – Aboriginal kids from the Kurrawang Mission near where she grew up in Kalgoorlie. As a child, Webster supposed Mission kids were well-cared for orphans, however growing awareness forced her to think otherwise. Over the years her questions accumulated: were her friends members of the Stolen Generations? What was life at Kurrawang really like? What are her responsibilities as a non-Indigenous Australian whose family's privilege was built on stolen land? For an institution that existed for over two decades, Webster finds that Kurrawang was strangely undocumented. Nor can she find any trace of her former friends, including a young Aboriginal girl who went on a beach holiday with Amanda's family. Then in 2012, Webster meets Gregory Ugle, an older brother of her former friend Tony. After a four-decade absence, Webster returns to her hometown with Ugle to reconnect with her former friends, and to piece together Kurrawang's story through oral histories and local newspaper archives. Over several trips, a sometimes uneasy tension emerges with Ugle as both he and Webster inch towards a fragile reconciliation.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A foreigner's criticism provides the impetus for Amanda Webster to embark on a long-intended search for two former school friends – Aboriginal kids from the Kurrawang Mission near where she grew up in Kalgoorlie. As a child, Webster supposed Mission kids were well-cared for orphans, however growing awareness forced her to think otherwise. Over the years her questions accumulated: were her friends members of the Stolen Generations? What was life at Kurrawang really like? What are her responsibilities as a non-Indigenous Australian whose family's privilege was built on stolen land? For an institution that existed for over two decades, Webster finds that Kurrawang was strangely undocumented. Nor can she find any trace of her former friends, including a young Aboriginal girl who went on a beach holiday with Amanda's family. Then in 2012, Webster meets Gregory Ugle, an older brother of her former friend Tony. After a four-decade absence, Webster returns to her hometown with Ugle to reconnect with her former friends, and to piece together Kurrawang's story through oral histories and local newspaper archives. Over several trips, a sometimes uneasy tension emerges with Ugle as both he and Webster inch towards a fragile reconciliation.

More books from University of New South Wales Press

Cover of the book Born in Hope by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book A Certain Style by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book Serving in Silence? by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book Armenia, Australia & the Great War by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book The Flash of Recognition by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book Running the City by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book Populism Now! by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book The Idea of Art by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book Damned Whores and God's Police by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book Divas by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book Visiting the Neighbours by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book The Australian Students' Guide to Writing and Grammar by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book Ethics Under Fire by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book Best Australian Science Writing 2016 by Amanda Webster
Cover of the book Not Just For This Life by Amanda Webster
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy