Love Against the Law: The Autobiographies of Tex and Nelly Camfoo ed. by Gillian Cowlishaw

Love Against the Law: The Autobiographies of Tex and Nelly Camfoo ed. by Gillian CowlishawDuring his life, Tex Camfoo has been classified as Aboriginal, half caste and European. As a half caste he could not legally associate with or marry an Aboriginal woman. As an Aboriginal, he was not allowed to visit the pub with his European work mates. Nelly Camfoo was always considered Aboriginal. From childhood she has taken part in ceremonial life. She finds white people both frustrating and foolish 'they can't understand because they can't

*WINNER of the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2020: Non-Fiction*This book explores the experiences of Indigenous Australians who participated in Australian exploration enterprises in the early nineteenth century

an engaging

In Old Seems to be Other People

'I keep it simple

Watching her husband and son

she declares

  Explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to become rich

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anne rejected the man she loved because her friends and family persuaded her that he wasnt rich or important enough in all that time

Squeaky clean and splishing

and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten

She is a proud mother and grandmother