Joan Martin (Yarrna). A Widi Woman

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
Publisher Place: Canberra
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: First Edition

Description: 172 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Joan Martin was born in the country town of Morawa, Western Australia, in 1941. She was a proud Widi woman whose traditional territory extended from Geraldton eastwards into the salt-lake area. Joan led an exciting and adventurous life, from life in the bush to school in Perth, and back again. But it was a life with great challenges, including efforts to avoid Native Welfare, so as not to be shipped off to a mission, and her later very public battle with Homeswest for the right to live in peace in her own home. Her legacy includes her work on native title, and her art.

ISBN: 9780855757779