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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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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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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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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Leah Purcell
LEAH PURCELL is a proud Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri woman from Queensland. She is an actor, writer and director. Her directing credits for Belvoir include Radiance (in which she also starred), Brothers Wreckand Don’t Take Your Love to Town (…
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Larissa Behrendt
Larissa is the author of three novels: Home, which won the 2002 David Unaipon Award and the regional Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book; Legacy, which won the 2010 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing; and After …
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Finding Eliza
Aboriginal lawyer, writer and filmmaker Larissa Behrendt has long been fascinated by the story of …
Year:
Secondary, Year 11, Year 12
Author:
Larissa Behrendt
Publisher:
UQP
Published year:
2016
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Alfred’s War
Alfred’s War is a powerful story that unmasks the lack of recognition given to Australian …
Year:
Primary, Year 6
Author:
Rachel Bin Salleh
Illustrator:
Samantha Campbell
Publisher:
Magabala Books
Published year:
2018
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Rachel Bin Salleh
Rachel Bin Salleh is descended from the Nimunburr, Bunuba and Yawuru peoples of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. She has worked in publishing for over 20 years and is passionate about Indigenous people telling their stories. Rachel lives in…
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Lorrae Coffin
Lorrae Coffin is a descendant of the Nyiyaparli and Yindijibarndi people of the Pilbara in Western Australia. She is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, singer–songwriter and a co-founder of the internationally acclaimed Marrugeku Company, a …
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