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'Aunty Pat Ockwell tells her story'
by Patricia Ockwell
with Pauline Mackinnon (2021)
In November, 2021, Aunty Pat Ockwell, Senior Wurundjeri Elder, and I finally had the great pleasure of launching this very beautiful book, at the Abbotsford Convent, on Wurundjeri land. It was a great day of celebration.
It was my great honour to work with Aunty Pat on this book from 2018 to 2021 including all the special challenges that the pandemic brought. The beautiful work that resulted is both significant, and considered by some as important reading for all Australians
'Aunty Pat’s story is a lesson to all in how hard work and persistence can change lives. She has been an inspiration to me, and to all the people she has met along her marvelous journey. Her experiences have a huge cultural and historical importance not only for Aboriginal communities but for all Australians. A story that needed to be told.'
Robert Kumar OAM
Reserve Magistrate
Former Deputy Chief Magistrate of Victoria
