Kick the tin
by ebrary, Inc, Kartinyeri, Doris
fromKerry White collection of Australian children's books
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 …