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National Biography Award to ANU Historian
Dr Martin Thomas, an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the School of History at The Australian National University, is the winner of the 2012 National Biography Award. Thomas won the $25,000 award for his 2011 biography, The Many Worlds of R. ... |
15/05/2012 12:51:52 |
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Jeanine Leane Shortlisted for New Commonwealth Prize
Jeanine Leane is one of four Australians shortlisted for the inaugural Commonwealth Book Prize. Leane, a former co-ordinator of AustLit’s BlackWords Research Community, is shortlisted for her intertwined collection of stories, Purple Threads. Other ... |
1/05/2012 13:55:13 |
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BlackWords Fifth Anniversary Symposium – Call for Papers
Proposals for the BlackWords fifth anniversary celebration and symposium are due by Saturday, 10 March 2012. BlackWords is a rich resource representing a wide variety of cultural and creative fields and genres in which Indigenous writers and storytellers ... |
6/03/2012 14:25:17 |
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Victorian Government Announces Indigenous Honour Roll Inductees
The Victorian government has established an Indigenous Honour Roll to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of Indigenous people ‘whose efforts have significantly impacted society’. The names of the first twenty inductees have been revealed. ... |
22/02/2012 11:25:44 |
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Australia's First Children's Laureates Announced
Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor are to be Australia’s first Children’s Laureates. The inaugural announcement was made in Adelaide on 6 December and the appointment is the culmination of a campaign by the Australian Children’s ... |
12/12/2011 12:57:07 |
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Dr Aunty Ruby Langford Ginibi : January 1934-October 2011
Dr Aunty Ruby Ginibi was born on Invasion Day, 26 January 1934, and, sadly, passed away on 1 October 2011. Aunty Ruby was given the title Ginibi, meaning 'black swan', by her Bundjalung Elders, and she was one of Australia’s foremost Aboriginal ... |
11/10/2011 15:50:00 |
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Death of Ruby Langford Ginibi
Respected Bundjalung woman and writer Ruby Langford Ginibi has died in Sydney at the age of seventy-seven. 'Aunty Ruby' Ginibi came to public notice in 1988 through her autobiography Don't Take Your Love to Town. The book, published during Australia's ... |
4/10/2011 15:56:15 |
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Heiss among Deadly Winners
Anita Heiss is the winner of the 2011 Outstanding Achievement in Literature Award in the Deadly Sounds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music, Sport, Entertainment and Community Awards. Heiss's win, for her novel Paris Dreaming, is her fourth in ... |
29/09/2011 10:53:36 |
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BlackWords Endorses the YouMeUnity Conversation
BlackWords endorses the YouMeUnity conversation about recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Australian constitution. Add your voice to the conversation by going to http://www.youmeunit... |
23/09/2011 11:10:00 |
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Deadly Nominations Announced
The nominations for the 2011 Deadly Sounds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music, Sport, Entertainment and Community Awards were announced at the Sydney Opera House on Monday, 18 July. Categories include Outstanding Achievement in Literature and ... |
21/07/2011 11:00:00 |