Worlds Within a World
Written by
Carol FoleyDeborah GreenBarb HostalekLois MayValerie Swift
Edited by
Casey Mulder
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How do you inhabit multiple worlds at the same time? Five First Nations women show what it is like to navigate challenges and deprivations while staying connected to Country and the world’s oldest living culture.
They recount memories of growing up – as members of the Stolen Generations, in an adopted family, or within loving families shadowed by adversity. With honesty and courage, these women show how education and cultural connection can transform lives. The reflections in these stories are an invitation to learn from the past. Their contribution to truth-telling will inspire and guide future generations.
Featuring contributions from:
Carol Foley (Yamatji Noongar), Deborah Green (Yamatji), Barb Hostalek (Yawuru Gija / Territorian, Czech and Greek), Lois May (Ballardong Noongar), and Valerie Swift (Minang Ngadju ).
Carol Foley
Carol (Coral) Anne Blurton (Foley) was born in Carnarvon, Western Australia. At an early age, she became ill and was placed under the care of the State. She is a proud Yamatji Noongar woman living on Noongar Boodja in Perth. She has two adult children and an extensive family network. Her life’s journey has involved […]Deborah Green
Deborah Green is also known as Yungaji (her wajarri name). She is a yamatji nyarlu who comes from both the Wajarri and Badimia language groups. Deborah has spent most of her life between the two Western Australian towns of Morawa, where she was proudly born, and Geraldton where she has raised her three sons. Deborah […]
Barb Hostalek
Barb Hostalek is Aboriginal Australian, born and raised-up on Larrakia Country, living and creating on moorditj Noongar Country of the south-west, Western Australia. Her apical ancestry is connected to East Kimberly’s areas on her mum’s side with Irish and Scottish bloods and on her dad’s, Czech/Greek and Castellorizio. Barb is a drama queen and writes plays. […]Lois May
Lois May is the fourth eldest of eight children. Her mother’s families are Yarran, Bolten, Bennell and Garlett; her father’s are Humphrey, Winmar and Turvey. Lois is a mother of four children and grandmother of nine, with four great-grandchildren. Her early childhood was mainly spent between Kellerberrin and Tamin in the Eastern Wheatbelt (Ballardong Country […]Valerie Swift
Valerie Swift, a proud Minang Elder, was born at the Gnowangerup Mission Hospital in 1953 on the traditional lands of the Goreng people. A member of the Gray–Knapp family, with extensive family connections across Western Australia and Traditional connections to the Ngadju peoples, Valerie grew up in Jerramungup with her 17 siblings, spending her childhood […]
Casey Mulder
Casey Mulder is a Ballardong Noongar educator, writer and editor from Quairading. She works with a wide range of publishing companies, such as HarperCollins, Audible, UWA Publishing, Night Parrot Press, Allen & Unwin, Affirm Press, Simon and Schuster, Penguin Random House, Hachette, Fremantle Press and Magabala Books. She is the Director of First Nations Writing […]Explore more from our catalogue
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