From life in the desert to growing up on a mission, enduring devastating policies in the 1930s to bravely seizing new opportunities in the 1960s, these are fifteen true stories reflecting a diverse range of Aboriginal Australian experiences. You can't change the past, but you can live a different future. Bronwyn Bancroft These stories are powerful- sharing pain, humour, grief, hope and pride. Pride in family, community and survival. Pride in being Aboriginal. Sally Morgan From life in the desert to growing up on a mission, enduring devastating policies in the 1930s to bravely seizing new opportunities in the 1960s, these are fifteen true stories reflecting a diverse range of Aboriginal Australian experiences.