The boys from St Francis
Mallett, Ashley2018
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This remarkable true story pays tribute to a band of Aboriginal boys who grew up together in one group home - many succeeding spectacularly in later life. In 1945, Anglican priest Father Percy Smith brought six boys from their Northern Territory home to an Adelaide beach suburb. There, they became the first boys of St Francis, a place that would house 50 such boys over 11 years. Some were sent, with the blessing of their mothers, to gain an education. Others were members of the Stolen Generations. In their interviews with Ashley Mallett, many of these men recall Father Smith's kindness and care. His successors, however, were often brutal, and the boys faced prejudice in a wider world largely built to exclude Indigenous Australians. The Boys from St Francis is a sometimes shocking, but ultimately hopeful book about black and white Australia, told through one constellation of lives, sharing one seaside address.
Main title:
The boys from St Francis / Ashley Mallett.
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Imprint:
Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2018.
Collation:
xvi ; 286 pages : illustrations ; portraits ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"Stories of the remarkable Aboriginal activists, artists and athletes who grew up in one seaside home" -- cover.Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index.
ISBN:
9781743055809
Dewey class:
994.93305.89915
Language:
English
Subject:
Moriarty, John, 1938-Smith, P. McD. (Percy McDonald)Perkins, Charles, 1936-2000Copley, VinceKruger, GeorgeThomas, HaroldSt. Francis House (Adelaide, S.A.)Priests -- South Australia -- AdelaideChildren, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- South Australia -- AdelaideAboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- AdelaideRace relations -- AustraliaAboriginal Australians, Treatment ofStolen generations (Australia)Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Relocation
BRN:
353724
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous | 305.89915 MAL | Available |