Maree Manly graduated from Queensland University as a matured aged student in 1983 with an Arts degree, majoring in anthropology/sociology encompassing Aboriginal Studies, both traditional and contemporary. While studying, Maree lived in Duchesne College for 3 years.On leaving University, Maree was employed by the Department of Aboriginal and Islander A airs as a Liaison O cer and assigned to the Cherbourg Aboriginal Community, where she spent 21/2 years before being transferred to Doomadgee. Maree spent 7 years in Doomadgee creating the memories that she recalls in this book.Maree has three grown children and now lives in retirement with her husband, Maxwell, in Charters Towers.