Aboriginal Australians -- Biography. -- Australia

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We come from the desert is the story of Minyjun (Monty Hale), a senior Ngulipartu man from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Written in his own language and in English, Minyjun shares with us his extraordinary life, from his family's migration from the desert to the stati…

When Doris Kartinyeri was a month old, her mother died. But Doris never returned to her family -- the government took her from the hospital and placed her in Colebrook Home for Aboriginal Children. Doris spent the next 14 years in and out of Colebrook. Her legacy as a member of …

Life history of Doris Kartinyeri; tells of her removal as a baby to the Colebrook Home without her family being told; life at Colebrook Home; experience as a sufferer of bi-polar affective disorder; family; writing poetry and finding her voice.

When Doris Kartinyeri was a month old, her mother died. The family gathered to mourn their loss and welcome the new baby home. But Doris never arrived to live with her family ₆ she was stolen from the hospital and placed in Colebrook Home, where she stayed for the next fourteen …