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Y 9 - English: Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia: Home

Resources to support the teaching of this English text.

For more resources and information, see the Australian First Nations Peoples LibGuide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images,

voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or printed material.

Map of Indigenous Australia

Explore a map of Indigenous Australia with this link:

Map of Indigenous Australia

Black Power - The History of Indigenous Rights in Australia

Anita Heiss

Anita is a proud member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New South Wales, but was born in Gadigal country and has spent much of her life on Dharawal land near La Perouse.  She is one of Australia's most prolific and well-known authors publishing across genres including non-fiction, histororical fiction, commercial fiction, and children's novels. She is also a marathoner!

 

What it's like BEING ABORIGINAL

FAMILY, LANGUAGE, LOVE, DANCE, LAND: GROWING UP ABORIGINAL IN AUSTRALIA

Review by Nayuka Gorrie

Black Australia is a patchwork – there is no homogenous black culture or experience. Adequately capturing the essence of hundreds of nations is no easy feat, but Anita Heiss has pulled together an incredible bunch of voices that reflect the humour, intelligence, strength and diversity of Aboriginal people in Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia.

I am hopeful that white readers will be left mulling over some stories – but more importantly, that many black people will read it and see bits of themselves reflected back at them, as I did.

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