Hey mum, what's a half-caste?
By: Lorraine McGee-Sippel.
Publisher: Magabala Books; Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Broome, W.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781921248030
Subjects: McGee-Sippel, Lorraine; Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Ethnic identity -- Biography; Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Cultural assimilation -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Biography; Adopted children -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Biography; Birthparents -- Australia -- Identification; Stolen generations (Australia)
Genres: Biography
Description: "Lorraine McGee-Sippel was just a small girl when she asked her parents why her skin colour was different from theirs. It was the 1950s and the first step on a journey of unanswered questions that would span decades and lead her to search for her birth family. In the historic climate of the Rudd Government's apology, Yorta Yorta woman, McGee-Sippel, aligns herself with the Stolen Generations as she reveals how she and her family struggled with the far-reaching implications of a government policy that saw her adoptive parents being told their daughter was of Afro-American descent."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]).