June Perkins immigrated to Australia in 1970, and became an Australian citizen when she was ten. She is a multiplatform storyteller (writing, video, blog, song writing and photographer), based in North Queensland, raised in Tasmania, and of Mekeo (Papua New Guinea Indigenous) and Australian background.
She regularly guest blogs for ABC Open as well as keeping personal blogs: she participated in the Aftermath project, blogging the recovery of her community for cyclone Yasi.
For works not individually indexed on AustLit, please see Notes below.
(Source: June Perkins 2013, 2016)
Publisher name for June Perkins from her website Gumbootsperlz.
(https://gumbootspearlz.org/author/)