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Culture November 11, 2023
Women & Children
There’s a storyline running through Tony Birch’s Women & Children that I found not only relatable but had to an extent lived myself. Our loveable and scallywag young hero, Joe Cluny, becomes fascinated by a moneybox in his classroom – …
Culture August 05, 2023
Flic
From time to time, stories of police who have infiltrated activist organisations to gather intel on potential “subversives” are thrust into sharp relief. Among the most prominent are the “sweetheart” assignments, where police form a romantic attachment …
Culture August 26, 2023
Line of Blood: The Truth of Alfred Howitt
“The advance of settlement which has, upon the frontier at least, been marked by a line of blood…” – Craig Horne, quoting Alfred Howitt. One day, I searched online for “Arrernte skin names”. I was undertaking self-education – finding some …
Culture February 18, 2023
O’Leary of the Underworld: The Untold Story of the Forrest River Massacre
“Telling the truth shouldn’t take so long.” – Professor Kate Auty With the coming referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, the concept of “truth-telling” is currently getting more airtime than ever. For decades, Aboriginal …
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