| 词条 | Ruth Hegarty |
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Ruth Hegarty (born 1929, in Mitchell, Queensland) is an Aboriginal Elder and author. Hegarty is well known for her non-fiction novels that document her personal history as one of the Stolen Generation. Her first book, Is That You Ruthie?, is based on her experiences in the Cherbourg Aboriginal Mission where she lived until the age of 14.[1] Her second novel, Bittersweet journey is her story from her early married life, her dealings with the Native Affairs Department, and her work in community politics and Indigenous organisations.[2] Is That You Ruthie? won the 1998 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Unpublished Indigenous Writer - The David Unaipon Award. In 2010, Hegarty was a recipient of the Queensland Greats Awards.[3] LifeHegarty and her mother, Ruby, were initially housed together in the dormitories at the Cherbourg Aboriginal Mission. When Hegarty was 4 years old they were separated, when Ruby was sent away to work.[1] They only had intermittent contact from that time onwards. At the settlement Hegarty formed strong friendships with the other girls in the dormitories. They were constantly supervised, punished and whipped for minor misdemeanours.[4] The girls in the dormatory stayed together for support and for protection. There was no natural justice, just strict discipline and punishment. She states:
In 1943, Hegarty was sent away from the Cherbourg settlement to work as a domestic servant. Travelling to her new job, at the age of 14, she travelled alone for the first time in her life. She did not know the people she was travelling to work for and she felt very isolated and vulnerable. In the 1960s after accessing her records from Cherbourg, when she found that many of the letters she had written to her friends at the mission had not been delivered, Hegerty organised a reunion of the girls she grew up with at Cherbourg.[1] Ruth married Joe Hegarty, whom she had known since childhood, and has a family of eight children.[5] For more than 30 years Hegarty has volunteered on community projects in the areas of youth and aged services. In 1998 she was awarded the Premier's Award for Queensland Seniors Year for her services to the community.[6] She is a founding member of Koobara Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Resource Centre. In the 2007 Senate enquiry in Stolen Wages[7] Hegerty was a member of the Queensland Stolen Wages Working Group. Bibliography
Notes1. ^1 2 {{cite web |title= Ruth Hegerty |publisher= Australian Workers Heritage Centre |url= http://www.australianworkersheritagecentre.com.au/10_pdf/hegarty.pdf |accessdate= 2007-08-12}} 2. ^{{cite web |title= Bittersweet journey by Ruth Hegarty, review by Shannon Faulkhead, 15 May 2005 |publisher= Monash University |url= https://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/ras/article/viewFile/184/208 |accessdate= 2007-08-13}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards/2010-recipients/|title=2010 Queensland Greats recipients|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531055702/https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards/2010-recipients/|archive-date=31 May 2017|dead-url=no|access-date=31 May 2017}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |title= Taken/Ruth Portrait - Interview with Aunty Ruth Hegarty by Robert Davidson |publisher= Topology |url= http://www.topologymusic.com/index.php/hegarty/ |accessdate= 2007-08-12 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070828234359/http://www.topologymusic.com/index.php/hegarty/ |archivedate = 2007-08-28}} 5. ^{{cite web |title= Hegarty, Ruth |publisher= AustLit Agent Details |url= http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A)x= |accessdate= 2007-08-12}} 6. ^{{cite web |title= Ruth Hegarty |publisher= University of Queensland Press |url= http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/author_details.php?id=80 |accessdate= 2007-08-12 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070828231241/http://uqp.uq.edu.au/author_details.php?id=80 |archivedate= 28 August 2007 |df= dmy-all }} 7. ^{{cite web |title= Inquiry into Stolen Wages |publisher= Parliament of Australia Senate |url= http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/Committee/legcon_ctte/stolen_wages/submissions/sublist.htm |accessdate= 2007-08-12}} External links
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