About the Author

Dasia Black was born in Poland in 1938, survived the Nazi occupation of her country and at the end of the War escaped with her adoptive family to West Germany. At the age of twelve she arrived in Sydney, where she completed her schooling and university studies. She has lectured on Child and Adolescent Psychology, Intercultural Education and the Psychology of Racism at the Australian Catholic University, Sydney for most of her professional life. She considers her seven-year involvement in teacher education programs for indigenous students in remote communities a most rewarding part of her professional life. She is now a psychologist in private practice.