Pat Lowe was born and grew up in England but dreamed of migrating to Australia, which she did in 1972. She worked as a teacher in Africa and as a prison psychologist in Australia, but writing has always been her passion. She met Jimmy Pike in 1979 …
View Books by Pat LoweMervyn Street is a Gooniyandi artist, from the Fitzroy River region of northern Western Australia. In his youth he worked as a stockman and later developed his artistic talents, producing many paintings, drawings and prints of station life. He now …
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The superb watercolour illustrations of Julie Vivas are loved by children and adults in Australia and overseas. Perhaps best known for the best selling Possum Magic, written by Mem Fox, Julie has illustrated stories by many well-known Australian …
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Mem Fox is a household name in Australia and a favourite author of anyone with little ones in their life. Her books have entertained and comforted six generations – from the Baby Boomers who originally read Possum Magic to their Generation-Xers …
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In the past, the One Arm Point school at Ardiyooloon was set up to teach English literacy and numeracy skills to enable Indigenous children to 'fit into' mainstream society. Today, the integration of Bardi Jaawi traditional ways of life with a …
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Jane Harrison is a descendant of the Muruwari people of NSW. She is an award-winning playwright and has an MA in Playwriting from the Queensland University of Technology. In 2002, her first play Stolen was the co-winner of the Kate Challis RAKA Award…
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Sue McPherson is a visual artist living in Eumundi, Queensland. She was born in Sydney to an Aboriginal mother, from Wiradjuri country. Sue was adopted into the McPherson family, landowners from the Batlow area in New South Wales, when she was very …
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Born in 1915 at Fairfield Station in the Kimberley region of WA, Banjo Woorunmurra (deceased) was the senior custodian of the Jandamarra story and a living repository of much of his people's history. Retiring from his working life as stockman, he …
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Howard 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 …
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Ali Cobby Eckermann’s first collections of poetry little bit long time and Kami (2010) both quickly sold out their first print runs. Her verse novel His Father’s Eyes was published by OUP in 2011. Her second verse novel Ruby Moonlight won the …
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