Tracker Tilmouth, an extraordinary memoir for an extraordinary man
By Christopher RingroseChristopher Ringrose reviews Alexis Wright’s 2018 Stella Prize winning book about the Aboriginal politician and activist, Tracker Tilmouth.
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A Road Map to Recognition
By Rob GilchristRob Gilchrist reviews A Rightful Place: A Road Map to Recognition, a collection of essays aiming to shed light on issues of importance to Indigenous Australians.
An Indigenous voice can unite Australians
By Shireen MorrisShireen Morris responds to the government’s rejection of the proposal for a national Indigenous representative body.
Housing: always was and always will be a human right
By Lucy WhyteHousing affordability in Australia is reaching crisis point.
Middle-class Indigenous Australia exists
By Anika BasetStan Grant argues for a broader definition of Indigenous identity in his Quarterly Essay, The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming.
Preserving and Sharing Indigenous Stories for Future Generations
By Heath ChamerskiElders from the Koorie community discuss their lives, families and experiences in the Koorie Heritage Trust exhibition, Listen to Your Elders.
Celebrating the strength of South East Australia’s First Nations peoples and cultures
By Anika BasetSovereignty, the exhibition, explores self-determination, colonisation, identity and resistance of Aboriginal Australia.
Indigenous constitutional recognition and the search for common ground
By Shireen MorrisShireen Morris discusses mechanisms that can be used to create fairer Indigenous-state relationships.
An unexpected commitment to Aboriginal rights
By Dr Jennifer JonesThe Country Women’s Association of NSW promoted positive race relations with Aboriginal women during the 1950s and 1960s.
The necessary history lesson for Australia’s future
By Pia WhiteWith a remarkably measured tone, Stan Grant powerfully addresses his own history and that of Australia, with lessons for the future.
The changing nature of racism in Australia
By Eugenia FlynnRight Now columnist Eugenia Flynn explores the confronting evolution of racism in Australia.
One woman’s fight to retrieve her stolen wages
By Christopher RingroseNot Just Black and White is a historical record of governmental misdeeds when it came to “stolen wages” and an inspiring intergenerational story of perseverance, courage and success