Nothing I learnt in school reflected me, my family, our culture and history. It took me back to my childhood – growing up in the ‘80s learning about ‘The Aborigines’, defined as nomadic people who wandered aimlessly until white people came and made us civilised. I flicked through the pages and was disturbed at what I saw. When my 8-year-old showed me his library book, I knew immediately from the cover it wasn’t going to be positive. | Aboriginal Australians - Ethnic identity.Dale Robertson and Kerry Klimm in the school library. | Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions - 21st century. | Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions.

Īustralian Book Industry Awards, Small Publishers' Adult Book of the Year, winner, 2019.Īboriginal Australians - Anecdotes. Teaching notes by Dr Marnee Shay available from publisher's web site. Themes: Aboriginality, identity, kinship, culture, country, Australian history, racism - publisher's web site. Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information). All of them speak to the heart - sometimes calling for empathy, oftentimes challenging stereotypes, always demanding respect.This groundbreaking anthology aims to enlighten, inspire and educate about the lives of Aboriginal people in Australia today.Contributors include: Tony Birch, Deborah Cheetham, Adam Goodes, Terri Janke, Patrick Johnson, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Jack Latimore, Celeste Liddle, Amy McQuire, Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Miranda Tapsell, Jared Thomas, Aileen Walsh, Alexis West, Tara June Winch, and many, many more. Each account reveals, to some degree, the impacts of invasion and colonisation - on language, on country, on ways of life, and on how people are treated daily in the community, the education system, the workplace and friendship groups.Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile identities sit alongside newly discovered voices of all ages, with experiences spanning coastal and desert regions, cities and remote communities.

What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, attempts to showcase as many diverse voices, experiences and stories as possible in order to answer that question. Growing up Aboriginal in Australia / edited by Anita Heiss Book Bib IDīook, Online - Google BooksĬarlton, Victoria : Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd,

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