Reaching Through Time: Finding My Family's Stories by Shauna Bostock

Reaching Through Time: Finding My Family's Stories by Shauna BostockThe powerful story of a Bundjalung woman's journey to uncover her family history. The phone rang unexpectedly late one night. 'Guess who our white ancestors were?' chuckled Uncle Gerry. 'They were slave traders! A couple of generations of slave traders!'With this startling revelation, Shauna wanted to find out more. She discovers her ancestor Robert Bostock arrived in Sydney in 1815 convicted of slave trading in Africa, and his grandson Augustus John

" in which a woman remains at home focusing on healing and bonding with her baby

and photographs illustrating the route and the people

He's trying to find out who he really is and thinks Lissa's mum might have some answers

Tension in the community builds as the rain clouds thicken and grow dark

studied and saved it

Born in South Australia

Dianne grows up believing her adoptive Irish mother

the man she once loved

and Lauren must make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves

The taverna is the only place that Kostas and Defne can meet in secret

the tainted Aboriginal experience of the law prevents the fundamental principle of equality

she runs the Aboriginal Legal Aid office in the alcohol-ravaged township of Tennant Creek