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Blaze Kwaymullina Blaze Kwaymullina i(A105685 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Palku / Palyku ; Aboriginal
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BiographyHistory

Blaze Kwaymullina, son of writer Sally Morgan and brother of Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina, is a historian who has undertaken PhD studies at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Kwaymullina has lectured in the School of Indigenous Studies, UWA.

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Awards for Works

Country Roads, Take Me Home : Prisons, Movement and Memory 2011 single work essay
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 73-93)

An employment of creative writing techniques in discussing the effects of imprisonment on Aboriginal Australians in past and present time frames.
2011 winner Patricia Hackett Prize
y separately published work icon Charlie Burr and the Three Stolen Dollars Neutral Bay : Little Hare Books , 2011 Z1775645 2011 single work children's fiction children's 'Charlie has "borrowed" three dollars from his mum to buy an icy pole, and Charlie's dad has brought home a dingo pup. So Mum isn't happy with either Dad or Charlie! To get back in her good books Charlie has to quickly find a way to recoup the three dollars and work out how to keep the pup. It's not hard to believe that trouble follows, but the ever-resourceful Charlie soon finds a plan.' (From the publisher's website.)
2011 nominated Deadly Sounds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music, Sport, Entertainment and Community Awards — Outstanding Achievement in Literature
y separately published work icon Curly and the Fent North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2008 Z1511503 2008 single work children's fiction children's fantasy 'Curly gets in trouble enough already, but when the monster in the cupboard turns out to be a mischievous little creature called a Fent, Curly is about to find out where the trouble really starts! Adults can't see the Fent, so when the Fent tickles Curly in the car until he shrieks, and farts in the classroom, and eats Curly's dad's new invention, there's no one to blame but Curly. So unfair! But there's worse to come. Curly lives next door to the school bully - and Billy can see the Fent too. Billy wants the Fent for himself. Can Curly save the Fent from Billy and get him home to his family?' (Publisher's blurb)
2008 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Children's Division — Best Illustrated Work/Picture Book
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