Parragirls: Reimagining Parramatta Girls Home Through Art and Memory edited by Lily Hibberd and Bonney Djuric

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Remnant of date due slip on inside page now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Body text and binding are still very good.

This vividly illustrated book reveals how art can change places and perceptions, in this case, the long-neglected site of Parramatta Girls Home in Western Sydney, located on the lands of the Burramattagal people of the Darug nation.

Centred on the art and activism of its former residents, this is the first publication of its kind to use images and creative writing to open up the difficult spaces of an Australian former child welfare institution, one where significant abuse took place right up until its closure in 1974, as evidenced in the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.