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…]
Paddy’s Road shares the story of Patrick Dodson’s life and extraordinary family history. From the moment of colonisation in the Kimberleys to the era of native title, from pearling to pastoralism, through missions and institutions, this Aboriginal family has survived an uncaring and intrusive state system. [click to continue…]
