Pictures From My Memory

Overview

Pictures from my memory is a compelling and accessible autobiographical account of Lizzie Marrkilyi Ellis's life as a Ngaatjatjarra woman from the Australian Western Desert. Born in the bush at the time of first contact between her family and White Australians, Ellis's vivid personal reflections offer both an historical record and profound emotional insight into her unique experience of being woven between cultures -her Aboriginal community and the Western worlds.

Author Biography

Laurent Dousset is professor of anthropology and is currently a member of the Centre for Research and Documentation on Oceania in Marseilles. Lizzie Marrkilyi Ellis is a Ngaatjatjarra educator, interpreter and linguist from the Western Desert.