A true child of Papua New Guinea : memoir of a life in two worlds /
Wilson, Maggie, 1953-2009,
A true child of Papua New Guinea : memoir of a life in two worlds / Maggie Wilson ; edited and with additions by Rosita Henry. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Birth and belonging -- Tribal threads: the Elti Penambi -- Entwined: law, life and land -- Kuta Ridge: the white man's station -- My village childhood -- Off to school -- My first return -- Life with the Leahys -- Australia in the 1970s -- Picking up threads: back to PNG -- Motherhood: Bernadine -- Working woman -- Tying the knot -- A village baby: Olivia -- Here comes Maki -- The gift of Nadia -- Weaving threads: women and politics -- Making pictures -- Friendship bonds: Haus Poroman (Rosita Henry) -- Mending breaks: Haus Krai (Rosita Henry) -- Reflections: tying up loose ends (Rosita Henry).
"Maggie Wilson was born in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Wilson's life serves as a window into the social and cultural transformations during the early years of the Australian administration in Papua New Guinea. Started as an autobiography and completed by Rosita Henry after Wilson's death, this ethnography tells her story and about lives she touched"--
9781476635422 1476635420
Wilson, Maggie, 1953-2009.
Racially mixed women--Papua New Guinea--Biography.
Ethnology--Papua New Guinea.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
HISTORY / Oceania
Papua New Guinea--Biography.
Electronic books.
DU740.76.W55 / A3 2019eb
995.6/5
A true child of Papua New Guinea : memoir of a life in two worlds / Maggie Wilson ; edited and with additions by Rosita Henry. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Birth and belonging -- Tribal threads: the Elti Penambi -- Entwined: law, life and land -- Kuta Ridge: the white man's station -- My village childhood -- Off to school -- My first return -- Life with the Leahys -- Australia in the 1970s -- Picking up threads: back to PNG -- Motherhood: Bernadine -- Working woman -- Tying the knot -- A village baby: Olivia -- Here comes Maki -- The gift of Nadia -- Weaving threads: women and politics -- Making pictures -- Friendship bonds: Haus Poroman (Rosita Henry) -- Mending breaks: Haus Krai (Rosita Henry) -- Reflections: tying up loose ends (Rosita Henry).
"Maggie Wilson was born in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Wilson's life serves as a window into the social and cultural transformations during the early years of the Australian administration in Papua New Guinea. Started as an autobiography and completed by Rosita Henry after Wilson's death, this ethnography tells her story and about lives she touched"--
9781476635422 1476635420
Wilson, Maggie, 1953-2009.
Racially mixed women--Papua New Guinea--Biography.
Ethnology--Papua New Guinea.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
HISTORY / Oceania
Papua New Guinea--Biography.
Electronic books.
DU740.76.W55 / A3 2019eb
995.6/5