Nugi Garimara (Doris Pilkington)
Doris Pilkington’s traditional name is Nugi Garimara. She was born in 1937 on Balfour Downs Station in the East Pilbara, homeland of her Mardu ancestors. As a toddler she was removed by authorities from her home at the station, along with her …
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Don’t Take Your Love to Town
A seminal work of Indigenous memoir.
Ruby Langford Ginibi’s remarkable talent for storytelling …
Year:
Secondary, Year 12
Author:
Ruby Langford Ginibi
Publisher:
UQP
Published year:
1988
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Ruby Langford Ginibi
Ruby Langford Ginibi, a member of the Bundjalung people, was born in 1934 on Box Ridge mission Coraki. She grew up in Bonalbo and later Casino, New South Wales. Her autobiographies Don’t Take Your Love to Town (1988) and Real Deadly (1992) describe…
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Births Deaths Marriages: True Tales
A brutally honest account of love, marriage, families and death.It wasn't until years later that…
Author:
Georgia Blain
Publisher:
Random House Australia
Published year:
2008
Georgia Blain
Georgia Blain has worked as a journalist and a copyright lawyer. Her first novel, Closed For Winter, was a bestseller, published by Penguin Australia in 1998. She lives in Sydney, where she works full-time as a writer. Snake in the Grass is her …
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Auntie Rita
"Most people call me Auntie Rita, whites as well as Aboriginal people. Auntie is a term of respect …
Author:
Jackie Huggins, Rita Huggins
Publisher:
Aboriginal Studies Press
Published year:
1996
Jackie Huggins
Jackie Huggins, a member of the Pitjara/Bidjara and Birri Gubba Juru people, is the Deputy Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit at the University of Queensland. In popular demand as a speaker on Aboriginal issues, she is a well-known …
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Arthur Boyd: A Life
Arthur Boyd's legacy is a collection of masterpieces that define the history of Australian art in …
Author:
Darleen Bungey
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Published year:
2007
Darleen Bungey
Originally a copywriter in Australian, American and UK advertising, Darleen Bungey worked as an associate editor and freelance journalist for a number of prestigious British-based magazines while she raised a family in London. In 1999 she began …
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