Free Diving
A poignant tribute to the Aboriginal men and women who worked in the pearling industry as ‘free …
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A poignant tribute to the Aboriginal men and women who worked in the pearling industry as ‘free …
Teacher ResourceThis new edition of the script and score from Broome’s trail-blazing musical Bran Nue Dae, written…
Teacher Resource EssayHoward Pedersen was a university student when he first sourced material for his thesis on the Bunuba resistance fighter, Jandamarra. A non-Indigenous collaborator, he then went on to work with Banjo Woorunmurra to record this important story. He has …
View Books by Howard PedersenThe band Kuckles (Broome Kriol for cockles) was formed in the early 1980s when Broome musicians Jimmy Chi, Stephen Pigram, Michael Mavromatis (Manolis), Garry Gower and Patrick Bin Amat were students at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (…
View Books by KucklesMariah Sweetman is a proud descendant of the Ugarapul people. She is passionate about First Nations histories and engaging young people with stories. She loves to create with words and paint; often writing poetry and painting in her free time. She is…
View Books by Mariah SweetmanLucille Gill was a Kukatja speaker who was born in 1956 at Old Balgo, a mission which straddles the Great Sandy Desert and the Tanami Desert in the remote east Kimberley. In 1986, she worked at the Noonkanbah Adult Education Centre. It was here that …
View Books by Lucille GillJoe Tramacchi was born in Gympie, Queensland. He was named after his mother's favourite uncle and grandfathers who came to Australia from Italy, in 1882 to work as charcoal burners and gold miners. Joe is the eldest of six children. After finishing …
View Books by Joe TramacchiJimmy Pike (deceased) was born near Japingka, a waterhole in the Great Sandy Desert, in about 1940, and his early years were spent as a hunter and gatherer. He walked out of the desert when he was 14-years-old when his family moved to a Kimberley …
View Books by Jimmy PikeKirli Saunders (OAM) is a proud Gunai Woman, award-winning author, multidisciplinary artist and consultant who creates to connect to make change. She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her contribution to the arts (2022). Kirli has partnered…
View Books by Kirli SaundersDebbie is the daughter of Florence Puruntatameri-Coombes and Graeme Coombes. Her mother is a Tiwi woman from Pirlangimpi Community on Melville Island. Her father originated from Queenstown, New Zealand but married Florence as a young man and called …
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