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Doris pilkington garimara biography of barack

          Pilkington Garimara, who was believed to be 76 when she died of ovarian cancer April 10 in Perth, Australia, eventually reclaimed her heritage.!

          July 1 birth date is approximate.

        1. July 1 birth date is approximate.
        2. On April 10 Pilkington Garimara, renowned as a chronicler of stolen generations in Australia, walked on at age 76, succumbing to ovarian cancer.
        3. Pilkington Garimara, who was believed to be 76 when she died of ovarian cancer April 10 in Perth, Australia, eventually reclaimed her heritage.
        4. Doris Pilkington Garimara, the aboriginal author who wrote of the forced separation of mixed-race aboriginal children from their families, died.
        5. About the Author​​ Doris Pilkington's traditional name is Nugi Garimara.

          6. Doris Pilkington Garimara

          Aboriginal Australian author

          Doris Pilkington GarimaraAM (born Nugi Garimara; c. 1 July 1937 – 10 April 2014), also known as Doris Pilkington, was an AboriginalAustralian author.

          Garimara wrote Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (1996), a story about the stolen generation, and based on three Aboriginal girls, among them Pilkington's mother, Molly Craig, who escaped from the Moore River Native Settlement in Western Australia and travelled 2,414 km (1,500 miles) for nine weeks to return to their family.

          Biography

          Pilkington was born at Balfour Downs Station, near the north Western Australian settlement of Jigalong.[2] Her mother, Molly, named her Nugi Garimara, but she was called Doris by Molly's employer at the station, Mary Dunnet, who thought Nugi was "a stupid name".

          As her birth was unregistered, her birth date was recorded as 1 July 1937 by the Department of Native Affairs.[3] She was taken from her mother to be ra