Samuel Wagan Watson
Samuel Wagan Watson is an award-winning Indigenous poet and professional raconteur. Born in Brisbane in 1972, he is of Munanjali, Birri Gubba, German and Irish descent. Samuel’s first collection of poems won the 1998 David Unaipon Award. His fourth…
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Inside My Mother
In her memoir Too Afraid to Cry, published in 2013, Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann related how …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11, Year 12
Author:
Ali Cobby Eckermann
Publisher:
Giramondo Publishing
Published year:
2015
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Heat and Light
In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven leads readers on a journey that is mythical…
Year:
Secondary, Year 12
Author:
Ellen van Neerven
Publisher:
UQP
Published year:
2014
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Ellen van Neerven
Ellen van Neerven is an award-winning writer of Mununjali Yugambeh (South East Queensland) and Dutch heritage. They write fiction, poetry, plays and non-fiction. Ellen’s first book, Heat and Light, was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award, the …
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Tony Birch
Tony Birch is the author of three novels: The White Girl, winner of the 2020 NSW Premier’s Award for Indigenous Writing, and shortlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Prize; Ghost River, winner of the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary …
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The Garret: Anita Heiss
Dr Anita Heiss writes non-fiction, commercial women's fiction, children's literature and poetry. …
Year:
Secondary, Year 12
Author:
Anita Heiss
Publisher:
The Garret
Published year:
2017
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The Garret: Andy and Jill Griffiths
Andy Griffiths and Jill Griffiths are a unique writing partnership. Along with illustrator Terry …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11
Author:
Andy Griffiths
Publisher:
The Garret
Published year:
2017
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David Spillman
David Spillman spent many years working on Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. For some time he has explored the similarities and differences of Aboriginal cultures to his own western socialisation. He is excited by the contribution of …
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Jared Thomas
Dr Jared Thomas is a Nukunu person of the Southern Flinders Ranges, William and Margaret Geary Research Fellow, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Material Culture and Art at the South Australian Museum and the University of South Australia, and …
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Ruby Moonlight
A verse novel that centres around the impact of colonisation in mid-north South Australia around …
Year:
Secondary, Year 10
Author:
Ali Cobby Eckermann
Publisher:
Magabala Books
Published year:
2012
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