A.B. Facey
A.B. Facey was born in 1894 and grew up on the Kalgoorlie goldfields and in the wheatbelt of Western Australia. His father died before he was two and he was deserted by his mother soon afterwards. He was looked after by his grandmother until he was …
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Robert Dessaix
Robert Dessaix is a well-known broadcaster, critic, author and translator. He studied at Moscow University in the late 1960s and early 1970s and for almost 20 years taught Russian language and literature at ANU and UNSW. His recent works include the …
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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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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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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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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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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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Craig Sherborne
Craig Sherborne’s books include The Amateur Science of Love, Bullion and Necessary Evil. His memoir Hoi Polloi was shortlisted for two literary awards, and its sequel, Muck, won the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Sherborne…
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