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Sally Morgan

Born

in Perth, Australia

January 18, 1951

Genre

Australian Indigenous Author, Children's

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Sally Morgan is recognised as one of Australia's best known Aboriginal artists and writers. She is one of a number of successful urban Aboriginal artists.

Sally was born in Perth in 1951, the eldest of five children. As a child she found school difficult because of questions from other students about her appearance and family background. She understood from her mother that she and her family were from India. However, when Sally was fifteen she learnt that she and her sister were in fact of Aboriginal descent, from the Palku people of the Pilbara.

This experience of her hidden origins, and subsequent quest for identity, was the stimulus for her first book My Place published in 1987. It tells the story of her self discovery through reconnectio Sally Morgan is recognised as one of Australia's best known Aboriginal artists and writers. She is one of a number of successful urban Aboriginal artists.

Sally was born in Perth in 1951, the eldest of five children. As a child she found school difficult because of questions from other students about her appearance and family background. She understood from her mother that she and her family were from India. However, when Sally was fifteen she learnt that she and her sister were in fact of Aboriginal descent, from the Palku people of the Pilbara.

This experience of her hidden origins, and subsequent quest for identity, was the stimulus for her first book My Place published in 1987. It tells the story of her self discovery through reconnection with her Aboriginal culture and community. The book was an immediate success and has since sold over half a million copies in Australia. It has also been published in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Her second book Wanamurraganya was published in 1989. It is the biography of her grandfather, Jack McPhee. She has also written five books for children.

As well as writing, Sally Morgan has established an international reputation as an artist. She has works in numerous private and public collections in Australia and the United States, including the Australian National Gallery and the Dobell Foundation collection. Her work is particularly popular in the United States. Her work as an artist is excellently described and illustrated in the book Art of Sally Morgan.

She has received many awards, including from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission. As a part of the celebration in 1993 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, her print Outback was selected by international art historians as one of 30 paintings and sculptures for reproduction on a stamp representing an article of the Declaration.

My Place remains her most influential work, not only because of its very wide popularity but also because it provided a new model for other writers, particularly those of indigenous background.

She is currently Director of the Centre for Indigenous History and Arts at The University of Western Australia.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 11,014 ratings · 1,008 reviews · 411 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Place 3.99 avg rating — 6,727 ratings — published 1987 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disney Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas 4.25 avg rating — 972 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sister Heart 4.14 avg rating — 910 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beauty and the Beast 4.38 avg rating — 237 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Bird's Day by Sally Morgan, Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice in Wonderland 4.17 avg rating — 115 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wanamurraganya: The Story of Jack McPhee 3.92 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Love Me by Sally Morgan, Ambelin Kwaymullina (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 107 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Your Cat Knows: Tap into Your Cat's Intelligence through the World of Feline Cognition 3.72 avg rating — 95 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sally's Story: My Place for Young Readers by Sally Morgan, Barbara Ker Wilson 3.67 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Sally Morgan (?)

“Let me pass this way but once and do what good I can, I shall not pass this way again.”
― Sally Morgan, My Place

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“I came to the realisation that it was impossible to change my environment. I decided to try and change myself instead.”
― Sally Morgan, My Place

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“You're very beautiful, dear", she said, "what nationality are you, Indian?"
"No", I smiled, "I'm Aboriginal."
She looked at me in shock. "You can't be," she said.
"I am."
"Oh, you poor thing," she said, putting her arm around me, "what on earth are you going to do?”
― Sally Morgan, My Place

tags: australia, memoir, my-place, race

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What non-fiction book would you like to read and discuss this October?

My Place by Sally Morgan

3 votes, 50.0%

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett

2 votes, 33.3%

America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee

1 vote, 16.7%

6 total votes

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