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'A groundbreaking work – and a call to arms – that exposes the ongoing colonial violence experienced by First Nations people.
'In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing and daily racism faced by First Nations peoples in so-called Australia. Rather than offer yet another account of ‘the Aboriginal problem’, she theorises a strategy for living in a social world that has only ever imagined Indigenous peoples as destined to die out. Drawing on her own experiences and observations of the operations of the colony, she exposes the lies that settlers tell about Indigenous people. In refusing such stories, Chelsea tells her own: fierce, personal, sometimes funny, sometimes anguished. She speaks not of fighting back but of standing her ground against colonialism in academia, in court, and in media.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to Vernon Thomas Watego and Matthew Kehi-Toka Bond.
I am eternally grateful for the life, love and learning that you both have gifted me.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Book It In : Chelsea Watego
Paul Daley
(presenter),
2022
25159905
2022
single work
podcast
'Paul Daley speaks to Chelsea Watego about why she says ‘fuck hope’ and why she wants to take her book, Another Day in the Colony, to Aboriginal readers in prisons.'
Source: Book It In.
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Skin in the Game
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , March 2022;
— Review of Another Day in the Colony 2021 selected work essay'I’ve worked in Aboriginal education since 2003, in different institutions and teaching capacities, and I’ve always ignored the personal impacts of my job, stuffing them down and getting on with things the way my stoic old people always did. If I ever had to talk about the harm that educational institutions cause, I’d just focus on the cultural and communal impacts, particularly on my students. But reading Munanjali and South Sea Islander Professor Chelsea Watego’s Another Day in the Colony (UQP) allowed me to admit the personal slights and to feel them rather than repressing them.' (Introduction)
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The Power of Story
Rachael Hocking
(interviewer),
2021
single work
interview
— Appears in: Koori Mail , December 15 no. 766 2021; (p. 28-29) 'Warlpiri Journalist Rachael Hocking speaks to Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman Dr Chelsea Watego about her latest book Another Day in the Country.' -
From Hashtag to New Book Title, Another Day in the Colony Tells It How It Really Is
2021
single work
— Appears in: Koori Mail , December 15 no. 766 2021; (p. 5) 'IN 2020 Chelsea Watego stopped. Just for a moment. Dr Watego, a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander academic and writer, took leave from work, listened to what her body was telling her and stopped. '
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Books Roundup : Permafrost, Scary Monsters, Another Day in the Colony, How to End a Story
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , November 2021;
— Review of Permafrost 2021 selected work short story ; Scary Monsters 2021 single work novel ; Another Day in the Colony 2021 selected work essay ; How to End a Story : Diaries 1995–1998 2021 single work diary
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Books Roundup : Permafrost, Scary Monsters, Another Day in the Colony, How to End a Story
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , November 2021;
— Review of Permafrost 2021 selected work short story ; Scary Monsters 2021 single work novel ; Another Day in the Colony 2021 selected work essay ; How to End a Story : Diaries 1995–1998 2021 single work diary -
Skin in the Game
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , March 2022;
— Review of Another Day in the Colony 2021 selected work essay'I’ve worked in Aboriginal education since 2003, in different institutions and teaching capacities, and I’ve always ignored the personal impacts of my job, stuffing them down and getting on with things the way my stoic old people always did. If I ever had to talk about the harm that educational institutions cause, I’d just focus on the cultural and communal impacts, particularly on my students. But reading Munanjali and South Sea Islander Professor Chelsea Watego’s Another Day in the Colony (UQP) allowed me to admit the personal slights and to feel them rather than repressing them.' (Introduction)
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From Hashtag to New Book Title, Another Day in the Colony Tells It How It Really Is
2021
single work
— Appears in: Koori Mail , December 15 no. 766 2021; (p. 5) 'IN 2020 Chelsea Watego stopped. Just for a moment. Dr Watego, a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander academic and writer, took leave from work, listened to what her body was telling her and stopped. '
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The Power of Story
Rachael Hocking
(interviewer),
2021
single work
interview
— Appears in: Koori Mail , December 15 no. 766 2021; (p. 28-29) 'Warlpiri Journalist Rachael Hocking speaks to Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman Dr Chelsea Watego about her latest book Another Day in the Country.' -
y
Book It In : Chelsea Watego
Paul Daley
(presenter),
2022
25159905
2022
single work
podcast
'Paul Daley speaks to Chelsea Watego about why she says ‘fuck hope’ and why she wants to take her book, Another Day in the Colony, to Aboriginal readers in prisons.'
Source: Book It In.
Awards
- 2023 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Indigenous Writer's Prize
- 2023 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
- 2022 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Non-Fiction
- 2022 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance
- 2022 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Non-Fiction Book Award