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Lorena Allam Lorena Allam i(13927305 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Gumilaroi ; Aboriginal Yuwaalaraay
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1 Yunupingu, Yolŋu Leader and Campaigner for Indigenous Rights, Dies Aged 74 Lorena Allam , 2023 single work obituary (for Yunupingu )
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 April 2023;

'Elder spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of his people, from the Yirrkala bark petitions of 1963 to the voice to parliament'
1 ‘A Great Australian’ : Anthony Albanese Leads Tributes to Yunupingu Lorena Allam , 2023 single work obituary (for Yunupingu )
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 April 2023;

‘He now walks in another place, but he has left such great footsteps for us to follow’
1 Voice, Treaty, Truth: What Does Labor’s Commitment to Uluru Statement from the Heart Mean? Lorena Allam , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 22 May 2022;

'Indigenous Australians have been calling for a voice to parliament since 2017, and Albanese has vowed to hold a referendum during his first term.'
1 David Dalaithngu Obituary : Walkabout Star a ‘consummate Actor’ Who Helped Reinvent Australian Film Lorena Allam , 2021 single work obituary (for David Gulpilil )
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 30 November 2021;

'Dalaithngu had key roles in Storm Boy, The Last Wave and worked with Rolf de Heer in The Tracker, Ten Canoes and Charlie’s Country'
1 John Ah Kit : Leader and Tireless Advocate for Aboriginal Rights Dies Aged 69 Lorena Allam , 2020 single work obituary (for John Ah Kit )
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 13 July 2020;

'Family of Jawoyn leader and first Aboriginal minister in the Northern Territory parliament says his life ‘should be the focus of celebration’'
1 Right Fire for Right Future : How Cultural Burning Can Protect Australia from Catastrophic Blazes Lorena Allam , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 19 Jan 2020;

'Traditional knowledge has already reduced bushfires and emissions in the top end, so why isn’t it used more widely?'

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1 For First Nations People the Bushfires Bring a Particular Grief, Burning What Makes Us Who We Are Lorena Allam , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 6 January 2020;

'Our memories, our sacred places, we are losing what forever connects us to a place in the landscape. But we can help'

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1 Grave Fears Held for Hundreds of Important NSW South Coast Indigenous Sites Lorena Allam , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 16 January 2020;

'Yuin people say several spots between Gulaga and Mumbulla mountain may be wiped out and they need to go on country to assess damage'.

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1 Dark Emu's Infinite Potential : 'Our Kids Have Grown up in a Fog about the History of the Land' Lorena Allam , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 24 May 2019;

'Bruce Pascoe’s 2014 book rewrote Australian history, and continues to win awards, inspire projects and change the conversation. A new kids’ version, out in June, is the third in Guardian Australia’s series of literary highlights, The Unmissables.' (Introduction)
1 When Glenda Met Sandy : Descendants of Massacre Survivor and Soldier Unite in Grief Lorena Allam , Carly Earl , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 March 2019;

'At least 14 Aboriginal men, women and children were shot and killed in the Appin massacre near Sydney. Countless others fell to their deaths in the gorge below.'
1 The Killing Times : The Massacres of Aboriginal People Australia Must Confront Lorena Allam , Nick Evershed , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 March 2019;

'Shootings, poisonings and children driven off cliffs – this is a record of state-sanctioned slaughter.'
1 'We Want to Say Sorry' : The Historian Whose Great-uncle Led the Coniston Massacre Lorena Allam , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 March 2019;

'Only by engaging with ‘real ugliness’ can healing begin, Liza Dale-Hallett says.'
1 Australia Risks 'Dysfunction' Without Truth Telling about Massacres, Advocates Say Lorena Allam , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 March 2019;

'Responding to Guardian Australia’s Killing Times project, campaigners and MPs say Makarrata process can pave way for proper treaty.'
1 Descended from Both Sides of Queensland's Bloody Massacres Lorena Allam , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 March 2019;

Kal Ellwood’s great-great-grandfather Jack Noble belonged to the lethally efficient native police. But that’s only half his story. 
1 'It's like a Big Dark Cloud Has Lifted' : the Town Dragged into Reconciliation – Photo Essay Lorena Allam , Carly Earl , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 March 2019;

'It took 169 years for a South Australian massacre to be acknowledged but a memorial has at last eased some of the pain for the Wirangu people.'
1 Tom E Lewis : Actor, Singer and Songwriter Dies Suddenly Lorena Allam , 2018 single work obituary (for Tom E. Lewis )
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 11 May 2018;
1 3 The Killing Times The Killing Times Interactive Map Nick Evershed , Lorena Allam , Ciaran O'Mahony , Jeremy Nadel , 2013 single work multimedia
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia 2013-;

'About this map: each marker indicates the location of a fatal historical conflict between Indigenous Australians and settlers during the British colonisation of Australia, in which more than six people died.' 
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