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Barbara Nicholson Barbara Nicholson i(A103289 works by)
Born: Established: Kemblawarra, Port Kembla area, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Wadi Wadi
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1 y separately published work icon Dreaming Inside Volume 11 Barbara Nicholson (editor), East Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2023 26885708 2023 anthology poetry prose

'Dreaming Inside: Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Volume 11 showcases the poetry, songs, biographies, and other writing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates. Published in 2023, it is an unfiltered glimpse who have spent time Dreaming Inside.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Sistas Green Sea Dreaming Barbara Nicholson (editor), East Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2023 26885671 2023 anthology poetry prose

'Sistas Green Sea Dreaming is an anthology of writing from First Nations inmates at Dillwynia Correctional Centre, overseen by Aunty Barbara Nicholson with the aim to assist inmates in improving their literacy skills, and resulting in higher self-esteem, greater cultural awareness and an increased ability to understand their own feelings.' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Dreaming Inside : Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Barbara Nicholson (editor), East Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2022 24864524 2022 anthology poetry prose autobiography lyric/song

'Dreaming Inside: Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Volume 10 showcases the poetry, songs, biographies, and other writing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates. It is an unfiltered glimpse who have spent time Dreaming Inside.

'Volume 10 also looks back over the last ten years with reflections from people who have participated in, or been touched by the program.' (Publication summary)

1 The Siren's Return Anne-Louise Rentell , Barbara Nicholson , Ali Smith , Daryl Wallis , 2021 single work drama

'Performed against the backdrop of industrial Port Kembla, The Sirens' Return is a moving and evocative new music theatre work that reflects the spirit of place from the perspective of the women who embody it.

Drawing on oral histories collected from women living across different eras of the steel town, as well as First Nations and western mermaid mythology, The Sirens' Return honours the diversity of women's experiences through the emotional power of song.'

Source: Merrigong Theatre Company.

1 y separately published work icon Dreaming Inside : Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Barbara Nicholson (editor), Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2020 21389059 2020 anthology poetry

'Dreaming Inside: Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Volume 8 showcases poetry, songs and other writing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates. Significant contributors to the project also lend their voices to this edition with poems of their own. This year's anthology once again celebrates the tenacity and vision of both tutors and inmates to allow voices from the inside to be heard by those outside. This is raw and honest writing that gives all who read it a chance to understand the experiences of people whose words don't normally appear in print.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Dreaming Inside : Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Barbara Nicholson (editor), Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2019 21389019 2019 anthology poetry 'This volume is the seventh in the Dreaming Inside: Voices from Junee Correctional Centre series, a project that began in 2012. Since then, the Black Wallaby Writers Group, in collaboration with the South Coast Writers Centre and Junee Correctional Centre, has conducted writing workshops to bring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates voices to an outside readership. Black Wallaby tutors Aunty Barbara Nicholson and John Muk Muk Burke return with contributions, along with Sharon Ingram/Twyford as well as guest writer Lachlan Macpherson. This volume comprises a large collection of visual and written works, all of which were created by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates at Junee Correctional Centre in 2018.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Dreaming Inside : Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Barbara Nicholson (editor), Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2018 21388976 2018 anthology poetry

'The Black Wallaby Writers Group, in collaboration with the South Coast Writers Centre and the Junee Correctional Centre, has conducted workshops with Indigenous inmates since 2012. Now in its sixth year of publishing selections from these workshops, the SCWC presents Dreaming Inside Volume 6. This volume comprises a collection of Aboriginal inmate writing, allowing insights into the writers’ dreams, songs and reflections. Black Wallaby tutors Aunty Barbara Nicholson and John Muk Muk Burke return with contributions of new poems along with guest tutors Gabrielle Journey Jones, Simon Luckhurst and Lachlan MacPherson. This anthology aims to bring Indigenous voices from the inside, hoping to inspire writing on the outside.' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Dreaming Inside : Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Barbara Nicholson (editor), Bruce Pascoe (editor), Simon Luckhurst (editor), East Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2017 14870214 2017 anthology poetry

'This 5th anniversary volume of Dreaming Inside: Voices from Junee Correctional Centre celebrates the writings of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates and their tutors. Significant contributors to the project also lend their voices to this edition with their own poems and thoughts on Dreaming Inside. This anthology is a celebration of the tenacity and the vision of the Black Wallaby Writers in bringing voices from the inside to the audience outside. Volume 5 is a unique collection of unabridged raw writing that challenges conventions and invites the reader to look beyond words into the hearts of the writers.'(Publication summary) 

1 y separately published work icon Dreaming Inside : Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Barbara Nicholson (editor), Bruce Pascoe (editor), Simon Luckhurst (editor), East Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2016 14870161 2016 anthology poetry

'This is the fourth volume in the Dreaming Inside: Voice from Junee Correctional Centre series, a project that began in 2012. Since then, the South Coast Writers Centre, in collaboration with the Black Wallaby Writers team and Junee Correctional Centre has conducting writing workshops to bring Aboriginal inmate voices to an outside readership. Black Wallaby tutors Aunty Barbara Nicholson and John Muk Muk Burke return with contributions, along with new team members Ken Canning and Jim Everett, as well as guest tutor Friederike Krishnabhakdi-Vasilakis. This volume comprises the largest of visual and written works to-date, all of which were created by Indigenous inmates at Junee Correctional Centre in 2015.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Dreaming Inside : Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Barbara Nicholson (editor), Jack Oats (editor), John Muk Muk Burke (editor), East Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2015 8881975 2015 anthology poetry

'The South Coast Writers Centre, in collaboration with the Black Wallaby Writers Group and the Junee Correctional Centre, has conducted workshops with Indigenous inmates since 2012. Now in its third year of publishing selections from these workshops, The SCWC presents Dreaming Inside Volume 3. This volume comprises a larger collection of Aboriginal inmate writing than ever before, allowing insights into the writers’ dreams, songs and reflections. Black Wallaby tutors Aunty Barbara Nicholson and John Muk Muk Burke return with contributions of new poems, along with guest tutor, Jack Oats. This anthology hopes to bring the Indigenous voices from the inside, hoping to inspire writing on the outside' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Dreaming Inside : Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Barbara Nicholson (editor), Friederike Krishnabhakdi-Vasilakis (editor), East Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2014 9167317 2014 anthology poetry

'This is the second volume of Dreaming Inside, which builds on the encouraging feedback received for the first anthology in 2013. It presents new writings from inmates at the Junee Correctional Centre and their tutors... They are part of the Black Wallaby Writers group at the South Coast Writers Centre, which develops and hosts reading and writing workshops for Indigenous inmates and secondary students. This anthology aims to bring Indigenous voices from the inside, hoping to inspire writing on the outside.' (Source: Back cover)

1 1 y separately published work icon Dreaming Inside : Voices from Junee Correctional Centre Barbara Nicholson (editor), Simon Luckhurst (editor), Bruce Pascoe (editor), John Muk Muk Burke (editor), East Wollongong : South Coast Writers Centre , 2013 Z1938884 2013 anthology poetry

'Dreaming Inside comprises the first volume of selected writings by Indigenous inmates at the Junee Correctional Centre and their tutors, South Coast Writers Centre/ Black Wallaby Indigenous Writers Aunty Barbaba Nicholson, Bruce Pascoe, John Muk Muk Burke and non-Indigenous writer Simon Luckhurst. This anthology hopes to bring attention to Indigenous inmate voices from within.' (Publication summary)

1 A Miscarriage of Meaning : of the miscarriage that occurred to the meaning of democracy i "1901 and the great Australian silence fell with deafening reality", Barbara Nicholson , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Keeping the Fire : Impressions of Earth Jurisprudence 2011; (p. 200)
1 Reconcile This i "In for drunk and disorderly", Barbara Nicholson , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 21 September vol. 10 no. 235 2011; (p. 48) Keeping the Fire : Impressions of Earth Jurisprudence 2011; (p. 201-202) Dreaming Inside : Voices from Junee Correctional Centre 2014; (p. 54-56)
1 The Joy I Knew i "We talked that morning, as we often did", Barbara Nicholson , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Life, Love and Pain : An Anthology of Poems Written by Stolen Generations Link Up (NSW) 2007; (p. xi-xiii) Tripping over Feathers : Scenes in the Life of Joy Janaka Wiradjuri Williams : A Narrative of the Stolen Generations 2009; (p. 142-144)
1 No Way to Raise a Child i "He was barely three when the welfare came", Barbara Nicholson , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Life, Love and Pain : An Anthology of Poems Written by Stolen Generations Link Up (NSW) 2007; (p. 2-3)
1 Stolen Generations Barbara Nicholson , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures in English 2005; (p. 451-453)
1 Miscarriage of Meaning Barbara Nicholson , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Law Text Culture : Legal Intersections , Legal Intersections vol. 6 no. 2002; (p. 24)
1 It Really Doesn't Matter... i "What they do now, they've done everything anyway", Barbara Nicholson , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Strength of Us as Women : Black Women Speak 2000; (p. 34)
1 Why Was It? i "I am young,", Barbara Nicholson , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Strength of Us as Women : Black Women Speak 2000; (p. 32-33)
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