Sally Morgan was born in Perth Western Australia in 1951 and grew up in suburban Manning She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at The University of Western Australia in 1974 majoring in Psychology She also has post graduate diplomas from The Western Australian Institute of Technology now Curtin University of Technology in both Counselling Psychology and Computing and Library Studies She has three children As well as writing Sally Morgan has established an international reputation as an artist She has works in numerous private and public collections both in Australia and North America Her first book My Place became an instant national best seller and has been published to considerable acclaim in Britain and North America
Some of the personal names included in this book have been changed or only first names included to protect the privacy of those concerned
To My Family How deprived we would have been if we had been willing to let things stay as they were We would have survived but not as a whole people We would never have known our place
