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Keeping Aboriginal Culture and Songlines Alive in South Australia's Flinders Ranges,
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'The Flinders Ranges in South Australia are known for their rich Aboriginal history and now Barngarla woman Jonas Dare and Wiradjuri woman Jaja Dare are trying to preserve it.' (Introduction)
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It Was like a Library Being Burned to the Ground, but These Oral Histories Are Bringing It Back,
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'What would it mean to live in "a story-less world where our rich literary traditions no longer existed, and have been excised from memory"?' (Introduction)
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ABC Late Night Live Host Phillip Adams on Life at 80 and His Hope of Dying at the Mic,
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'Phillip Adams has spent a lot of time pondering life's big questions — meaning and mortality among them — so how does he feel about turning 80?' (Introduction)
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Arnhem Land Filmmaker Shortlisted for Major Award Inspired by Connections with Family,
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'A 21-year old Arnhem Land filmmaker with profound hearing loss is one of several first-time entrants to be named a finalist in this year's National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAAs).' (Introduction)
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Miles Franklin Shortlist Announced, Including The Lebs Author Michael Mohammed Ahmad,
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'Among six books shortlisted for the nation's most prestigious literary prize is Michael Mohammed Ahmad's The Lebs.' (Introduction)
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Helpmann Awards Show Theatre Is Winning Diversity Race in Australian Entertainment,
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'Diversity has finally triumphed in Australian live entertainment, with key categories of the 19th Helpmann Awards going to a Sri Lankan immigrant family saga and a rollicking Indigenous musical.' (Introduction)
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John Marsden's Comments About Bullying Are Downright Dangerous - Young Adult Fiction Writers Should Know Better,
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Section: ABC Religion and EthicsYoung adult fiction author, Clair Zorn, comments on an interview with John Marsden about his publication The Art of Growing Up, the impact of bullying on teenagers and the responsibility of authors to their readers.Note: Posted 26 July 2019.
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Sydney Chamber Opera Fuels Appetite for New Australian Opera with Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda,
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— Review of Oscar and Lucinda 2019 single work musical theatre ;'Sydney Chamber Opera made its debut in 2011 — a year in which Australia's national opera company premiered no new Australian work (and in fact did not do so again until 2015).' (Introduction)
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Miles Franklin Literary Award Won by Melissa Lucashenko for Her Novel Too Much Lip,
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'Melissa Lucashenko has won the Miles Franklin Literary Award for Too Much Lip — praised by the judges as "a novel of celebratory defiance".' (Introduction)
