For many people of Australia, apart from the First Peoples (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders), have arrived from the many diverse cultural places and with deep historical narratives. Australia today is a vibrant, INTERCULTURAL country. We are home to the world’s oldest continuous cultures, as well as Australians who identify with more than 270 ancestries….
Thanks to our supporters for more book recommendations, happy to hear your thoughts, and in particular thanks to Leanne De Souza for most of these suggestions below. A searing new novel from leading Indigenous storyteller Tony Birch that explores the lengths we will go to in order to save the people we love. Odette Brown…
We are going to compile a list of recommended books and films. We would love for your input and suggestions, so we can compile a definitive list here on our site. Please assist us by contacting us here Contradicts the conventional wisdom that native peoples were primitive hunter-gatherers History has portrayed Australia’s First Peoples, the…
Walk in 3 Worlds Poem. This is a special edition with extra footage of the life, so far, of Kitch Wesche to Taitu’uga.An inspirational story of his life, following his ancestors culture, stories and language. Taitu’ugas transformation through traditional initiation (tatua) and those who helped him along the way to see the way forward.This is…
Poem written by Greg Dodge There’s something very special about this true Aussie legend that I’m about to share,He led such an exceptional life, spanning ninety-five long years, for his people even today, that was very rare. He was born in South Australia of the Ngarrindjeripeople in 1872, Where he was acknowledged at such a…
These series of videos below are worth watching to get a perspective of what has occurred to the people of this land prior to the European (Portugese, Dutch, French and British) and Asian visits. Generational trauma caused by colonisation is what we all must today have a deeper understanding (and respect) of so we can…
Poem written and spoken by Greg Dodge Inspired by Rupert McCalls “Green and Gold Malaria” The hour would soon arrive when I could no longer ignore the pain. I was obviously hurting, so I went to visit Doctor Lane. This regular appointment would adjudicate my fate. I walked into his room and I gave it…
It was purely by accident that we met that day, strolling down Boundary Street.He was a little unkempt, asking people for money, with no shoes upon his feet.I approached him and asked him if he’d like coffee and cake instead.‘Yes my friend’, he replied, ‘but could I change that to a coke and chicken in…
I’m proud to be a living, breathing human by birth,
Birthed on this little blue dot, aptly named Earth
I am what I am, no excuses or shame,
We are all born into this world by our mothers,
With no one to blame.