In January 1966, Kate Howarth gave birth to a healthy baby boy at St Margaret’s Home for unwed mothers in Sydney.
Aboriginal
Candice is a young woman setting out on her first visit to the traditional land of her Aboriginal grandmother. [click to continue…]
Convincing Ground pulses with love of country. [click to continue…]
Nanna was an imposing woman. She was large and dark, with strong arms and silver hair. Her scars bore testament to her adventures. [click to continue…]
The saga of the tragic confrontation of the Pintubi People with the white invaders of Central Australia in the period 1920s-1970s. [click to continue…]
Offering insight into the life and experiences of the world’s oldest culture, this account of Australia’s Aboriginal history spans the mythologies of the Dreamtime through the modern-day problems within the community. [click to continue…]
Norman Baird once wrote that he was prepared to advocate for the Kuku Yalanji people as long as there was ‘a spark left within’. [click to continue…]
On November 6, 1931, Queensland’s Aboriginal fast bowler Eddie Gilbert dismissed Don Bradman for a duck after a spell of bowling the champion batsman rated the fastest he’d ever faced. [click to continue…]
To the Aboriginal families of Mundra this saying brings either comfort or pain. To Nana Vida it is what binds the generations. To the unwilling savant Archie Corella it portends a fate too cruel to name. [click to continue…]
When culture and faith collide . . . nothing is sacred
In the Aboriginal missions of far northern Australia, it was a battle between saving souls and saving traditional culture. [click to continue…]