Olive Muriel Pink
Subtitle: her radical and idealistic life : A poetic journey
By: Colleen Keating
Publisher: Ginninderra Press
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Port Adelaide
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781761091582
Subjects: Women anthropologists; Biography; Human rights workers; Aboriginal Australians; Civil rights; Poetry; Social life and customs
Description: With a meticulously researched, absorbing verse narrative, Colleen Keating brings Olive Muriel Pink's significant, neglected history to life with distinctive, beautiful imagery. In powerful lyrical stanzas, she tells the story of Olive's struggle for recognition as a female anthropologist, her lifelong work for the rights of the Warlpiri and Arrernte people she loved and lived among, and the creation of her arid garden. "High on a camel swaying to and fro / with a straight back and a broad smile / Olive rides into her future." Olive's persistence, her triumphs and her passion for justice make for uplifting and compelling reading.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.