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'Living on Stolen Land is a prose-styled look at our colonial-settler 'present'. This book is the first of its kind to address and educate a broad audience about the colonial contextual history of Australia, in a highly original way. It pulls apart the myths at the heart of our nationhood, and challenges Australia to come to terms with its own past and its place within and on 'Indigenous Countries'.
'This title speaks to many First Nations' truths - stolen lands, sovereignties, time, decolonisation, First Nations perspectives, systemic bias and other constructs that inform our present discussions and ever-expanding understanding. This title is a timely, thought-provoking and accessible read.' (Publication summary)
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Author's note:
This story begins
with the tree on the cover
which shows futures
The roots go deep
down into the ground
because just futures
must be grounded in respectful relationships
with Indigenous peoples
Indigenous homelands
Indigenous sovereignties
The trunk
is the structures needed
for change
these include external structures
like just laws
policies
decision-making processes
but also
internal structures of
minds and hearts
patterns of thought and behaviour
towards Indigenous peoples
The leaves and flowers
are all the ideas
growth
possibilities
that will come
out of respectful relationships
and respectful structures
which will endure
for as long as the tree endures
for as long as it is cared for.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Longing and Belonging in the Green Worlds of Jeannie Baker
2023
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criticism
— Appears in: Storying Plants in Australian Children's and Young Adult Literature : Roots and Winged Seeds 2023; (p. 75-87)'Jeannie Baker uses mixed materials, including real plants, to illustrate relationships between nature, humans and suburban and urban development in her textless collage picturebooks Window (1991) and Belonging (2004). These popular texts are read and studied in the classroom to raise environmental awareness and explore themes of sustainable development and community action. How can a reading of these two books through the lens of Indigenous writer and academic Ambelin Kwaymullina’s verse manifesto, Living on Stolen Land, reveal and disturb the mechanisms of settler-colonialism as they appear in Baker’s work? Placing these texts in juxtaposition with each other generates new understandings and new narrative possibilities.' (Publication abstract)
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READing & VIEWing
2021
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— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 56 no. 2 2021; (p. 60-66) -
Teen Summer Reads : 5 Books to Help Young People Understand Racism
2021
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review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 January 2021;
— Review of Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia 2018 anthology life story autobiography ; Living on Stolen Land 2020 selected work poetry prose -
What I’m Reading
2020
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— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2020; -
Yarningup Aboriginal Women’s Storytelling
Elfie Shiosaki
(interviewer),
2020
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interview
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 65 no. 2 2020; (p. 120-129)
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Books Roundup
2020
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review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , July 2020;
— Review of A Lonely Girl Is a Dangerous Thing 2020 single work novel ; Living on Stolen Land 2020 selected work poetry prose ; Metal Fish, Falling Snow 2020 single work novel ; After Australia 2020 anthology short story -
August in Nonfiction
2020
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review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , August 2020;
— Review of Living on Stolen Land 2020 selected work poetry prose -
'Living on Stolen Land' : Deconstructing the Settler Mythscape
2020
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review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2020;
— Review of Living on Stolen Land 2020 selected work poetry prose -
Teen Summer Reads : 5 Books to Help Young People Understand Racism
2021
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review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 January 2021;
— Review of Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia 2018 anthology life story autobiography ; Living on Stolen Land 2020 selected work poetry prose -
Quarantine Q&A : Ambelin Kwyamullina
2020
2020
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interview
— Appears in: Feminist Writers Festival 2016-; -
Yarningup Aboriginal Women’s Storytelling
Elfie Shiosaki
(interviewer),
2020
single work
interview
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 65 no. 2 2020; (p. 120-129) -
What I’m Reading
2020
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— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2020; -
Calling For Action
Kirk Page
(interviewer),
2020
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interview
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 15 July no. 730 2020; (p. 22) 'Koori Mail feature writer Kirk Page talks with Ambelin Kwaymullina about some of the ideas raised in her new book. -
READing & VIEWing
2021
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column
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 56 no. 2 2021; (p. 60-66)