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Indigenous Studies

Independent Aboriginals

by Karen Harle
March 1981, no. 28

You Are What You Make Yourself To Be: The story of a Victorian Aboriginal family by Phillip Pepper

Hyland House, $11.95 pb, 143 pp

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You Are What You Make Yourself To Be is the documented personal history of one Victorian Aboriginal family. The author’s story is interspersed with researched documented facts intended to authenticate and support the narrative but at times these lengthy italicized notes work against the continuity of the story.

 


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You Are What You Make Yourself To Be: The story of a Victorian Aboriginal family by Phillip Pepper

Hyland House, $11.95 pb, 143 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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