Black Mili-mili’s Summer Read- The White Girl, by Tony Birch is the book we review in the latest episode of Black Mili-mili.  Apparently written in a few months this is an easy very succinct summer read covering some heavy topics. 

The White Girl is set in the 1960s, towards the end of the mission days but before the official end of the Stolen Generations. The 1960s were a dynamic time in Australian politics, culminating in increased equality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, the 1967 Referendum and the birth of land rights.  

 We discuss major themes of the book which include the Aboriginal Exemption (not to be confused with COVID exemptions!) which was a policy imposed by state governments on Aboriginal people during the twentieth century in Australia.

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