My Side of the Bridge: The Life Story of Veronica Brodie as Told to Mary-Anne Gale - Softcover

Brodie, Veronica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 186254557X ISBN 13: 9781862545571

Publisher: Wakefield Press, 2002

Synopsis

Veronica Brodie (1941--2007) was an Aboriginal woman of Ngarrindjeri-Kaurna descent. She grew up at Raukkan near Victor Harbor and until the mid-sixties lived under the Aborigines Protection Board. Later, after training as a nurse, marrying, having five children and recovering from alcoholism, Veronica Brodie was involved in the Hindmarsh Island Bridge affair, on the side of the Ngarrindjeri women who knew of the secret women's business and sought to stop the construction of the bridge.

Aunty Veronica was a respected Aboriginal elder and productive activist who worked to help her people remember and value their culture and traditions.

This is her story.

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About the Authors

Veronica Brodie was a respected Aboriginal elder who worked to help her people remember and value their culture and traditions.

Mary-Anne Gale is a research fellow at the University of South Australia. She has written many articles and chapters for academic publications on Aboriginal education issues, and is the author of the book Dhangum Djorra'wuy Dhawu: A history of writing in Aboriginal languages. Her PhD, 'Poor Bugger Whitefella Got no Dreaming', focused on the representation of Aboriginal Dreaming narratives as published texts, looking in particular at the writings of the Ngarrindjeri man David Unaipon. Mary-Anne collaborated with the Kaurna Elder Uncle Lewis O'Brien in writing his autobiography, And the Clock Struck Thirteen, also published by Wakefield Press, 2007.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wakefield Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 186254557X
• ISBN 13: 9781862545571
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208