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1 y separately published work icon Living in Tin Linda Wells , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2023 26008049 2023 single work prose 'The Bungalow began in 1914, as a tin shed in the small colonial outpost of Alice Springs. It was built initially to house Topsy Smith, of Arabana descent, and her seven children after their Welsh-born father, Bill Smith, had died. Over the years that followed, many more children with Aboriginal mothers and (largely absent) white fathers were brought to live at the Bungalow until, by 1929, when it was relocated out of town, about 60 children were living and growing up there. They were cared for primarily by Topsy Smith as well as the town’s first schoolteacher, Ida Standley. The other central adult figure of this story is Sergeant Stott who oversaw the establishment and operation of the home. Drawing on archival documents, oral histories and interviews with living descendants, this story gives voice to women, children, and First Nations people. Researched history is interspersed with passages of creative non-fiction that create a palpable sense of time and place and bring the story to life. The complexity and nuance of engagement between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is also explored; relationships that have for so long been downplayed in works of Australian history. As well as presenting the fascinating and pivotal story of the Bungalow in Alice Springs from 1914 to 1929, this work offers a model for new ways of creative, postcolonial storytelling about Australia, her history and her present, and the inextricable links between the two.' (Publication summary) 
 
1 Based on the Evidence and My Experience: The Role of Speculative Biography in a Decolonised Reimagining of the Bungalow, Alice Springs 1914–1929 Linda Wells , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: Speculative Biography : Experiments, Opportunities and Provocations 2021;
1 The Story of the Bungalow Alice Springs, 1914-1929 : A Decolonised, Creative Non-fictive Treatment with a Focus on the Women and Children Linda Wells , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: Lilith , January no. 27 2021; (p. 81-103) 'The Bungalow began as a tin shed built in 1914 in Alice Springs to house Topsy Smith and her children, of mixed Indigenous and European heritage, whose father had recently died. Over the years that followed many more children with Indigenous mothers and European fathers were taken from their families and brought to live at the Bungalow until about 60 children were growing up there and two more sheds were built. Traditional historiographic methods of research and writing have been combined with the techniques of creative non-fiction, with an overarching focus on decolonisation, to foreground women and children in a story that brings the first Bungalow to life.' (Publication abstract)
1 The PM before the Last PM before This One i "We stopped the boats", Linda Wells , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: I Protest! Poems of Dissent 2020; (p. 18)
1 1 y separately published work icon Campfire Satellites : An Inland Anthology Maureen Nampijinpa O'Keefe , Gretel Bull , Linda Wells , Emma Trenorden , Ptilotus Press (editor), Alice Springs : Ptilotus Press , 2019 16651848 2019 anthology poetry short story

'In this new collection of central Australian writing, Campfire Satellites, Ptilotus Press approaches questions about 'inland' from the voices of four women. Through poetry, short story and memoir, the authors enter into a landscape where cultures meet, revealing the power of family and the tender connections between women.'  (Publication summary)
1 Where Else We Can Find History Besides in the Words of the Victors i "The hills still talk", Linda Wells , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Wild 2018; (p. 47)
1 y separately published work icon Kutitja : Memoirs of an Outback Schoolteacher Linda Wells , Australian Capital Territory : Ginninderra Press , 2016 9757212 2016 single work autobiography

'The tin can school of a remote Aboriginal community in outback Central Australia; the earthy, stoic people of the desert; a young, bold adventurous woman from the south set free amidst it all. What could possibly go wrong? With humour and warmth, Linda Wells captures the joy, the wonder and the hardships of life as a schoolteacher at Mount Allan community. She then describes the complexities of a cross-cultural desert relationship, complete with the good times and the bad, including alcoholism, domestic violence and co-dependency. They are all brought to life in this brave and heartfelt memoir. Kultitja: memoir of an outback schoolteacher is an honest and poetic account of a young woman from suburban Melbourne who went to see what she could find amid the desert and the desert people in the centre of Australia and came face to face with herself.' (Source: Amazon website)
1 y separately published work icon Kultitja : Memoir of an Outback Schoolteacher Kindle Edition Linda Wells , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2016 9528891 2016 single work autobiography

'The tin can school of a remote Aboriginal community in outback Central Australia; the earthy, stoic people of the desert; a young, bold adventurous woman from the south set free amidst it all. What could possibly go wrong? With humour and warmth, Linda Wells captures the joy, the wonder and the hardships of life as a schoolteacher at Mount Allan community. She then describes the complexities of a cross-cultural desert relationship, complete with the good times and the bad, including alcoholism, domestic violence and co-dependency. They are all brought to life in this brave and heartfelt memoir. Kultitja: memoir of an outback schoolteacher is an honest and poetic account of a young woman from suburban Melbourne who went to see what she could find amid the desert and the desert people in the centre of Australia and came face to face with herself.' (Publication summary)
1 And a Dog with a Very Sore Leg Linda Wells , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sleepers Almanac 2006 : The Nervous System 2006; (p. 104-110)
1 Gecko i "There's a gecko on my wall", Linda Wells , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Milk in the Sky : Writing from the Centre 2006; (p. 72-73)
1 Insufficient Scraps of Cloth Linda Wells , 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: True North : Contemporary Writing from the Northern Territory 2004; (p. 79-91)
1 Kultitja Linda Wells , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Tales from the Blackboard : True Stories by Australian Teachers 1998; (p. 44-51) An epistolary tale of teaching in a remote Aboriginal community.
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