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Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by [Anita Heiss, Susie and Alice Anderson, Evelyn Araluen, Bebe Backhouse, Alicia Bates, Don Bemrose, Tony Birch, Norleen Brinkworth, Katie Bryan, Deborah Cheetham, Natalie Cromb, Karen Davis, Ian Dudley, Alice Eather, Shannon Foster, Jason Goninan, Adam Goodes, Jodi Haines, John Hartley, Terri Janke, Keira Jenkins, Patrick Johnson, Scott Kennedy, Sharon Kingaby, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Jack Latimore, Celeste Liddle, Mathew Lillyst, Taryn Little, Amy McQuire, Melanie Mununggurr-Williams, Doreen Nelson, Sharon Payne, Zachary Penrith-Puchalski, Carol Pettersen, Todd Phillips, Kerry Reed-Gilbert, William Russell, Marlee Silva, Liza-Mare Syron, Frank Szekely, Miranda Tapsell, Jared Thomas, Ceane G. Towers, Aileen Walsh, Shahni Wellington, Alexis West, Alison Whittaker, John Williams-Mozley, Tara June Winch, Tamika Worrell]

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Childhood stories of family, country and belonging

What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question.

Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile identities sit alongside those from newly discovered writers of all ages. All of the contributors speak from the heart – sometimes calling for empathy, oftentimes challenging stereotypes, always demanding respect.

This groundbreaking collection will enlighten, inspire and educate about the lives of Aboriginal people in Australia today.

Contributors include: Tony Birch, Deborah Cheetham, Adam Goodes, Terri Janke, Patrick Johnson, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Jack Latimore, Celeste Liddle, Amy McQuire, Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Miranda Tapsell, Jared Thomas, Aileen Walsh, Alexis West, Tara June Winch, and many, many more.

Winner, Small Publisher Adult Book of the Year at the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards

‘Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia is a mosaic, its more than 50 tiles – short personal essays with unique patterns, shapes, colours and textures – coming together to form a powerful portrait of resilience.’ —The Saturday Paper

‘... provides a diverse snapshot of Indigenous Australia from a much needed Aboriginal perspective.’ —The Saturday Age

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April 16 2018
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Dr Anita Heiss is the author of non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women's fiction, poetry, social commentary and travel articles. She is a Lifetime Ambassador of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and a proud member of the Wiradjuri nation of central NSW. Anita was a finalist in the 2012 Human Rights Awards and the 2013 Australian of the Year Awards. She lives in Brisbane. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B076WY8WR9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Inc.; Illustrated edition (April 16 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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- #20 in Australian & New Zealand Indigenous Biographies
- #938 in Australian & Oceania Literature
- #1,348 in Cultural Anthropology (Kindle Store)

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Great to read Aboriginal voices

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 4, 2020

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I enjoyed reading authentic voices of Indigenous voices. Authentic views from Aboriginal folks into Art, Education, Sports and Trauma. Would recommend.

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Being proud of one's heritage

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on January 16, 2019

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Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia is an entertaining informative look into the early lives of 51 Aboriginal Australians. Each story is different but all have some common threads. Some had very enjoyable childhoods unaware at least initially of their status in Australia. Others found from a very early age that they were a subject of racial slurs and discrimination. Sadly these slurs continue to the present day. Overall the stories were positive and written by successful people (although one writer later took her own life).

Some of the insights were new to me. Noelene Brinkworth’s story about how she got into trouble at school by a misunderstanding of the word “homework” and not looking the teacher in the eye was new. The teacher criticised her for not looking her in the eye and her mother at home for doing so. Homework to her was helping with the family. Several writers suggested that to quote Ian Dudley “ after 230 years of trying to make the black people more white I think it is dawning on us that, just maybe, if we made the white people a little blacker instead the place would be in better shape” I have long adopted the aboriginal view of the land I occupy. John Hartley and others described convincingly how the anger comes and grows inside aboriginal people.

I was disappointed to find that a number of the writers considered themselves aboriginal but were doubtful about considering themselves Australian. This is not surprising when non-indigenous Australia, unlike US, Canada, NZ and other countries celebrates its national day on a day when their world was destroyed.

There are a number of very positive stories that give hope for the future. In particular Todd Phillip’s story of Camp Bundajulong where young aboriginal children are given guidance by elders not only on traditional aboriginal ways but also on how to survive in a white society.

Overall the stories support the idea that having an identity, a recognised place in the world and being proud of your heritage is very important. All the writers became successful when they obtained this self-respect. Without this programs like “bridging the gap” seem doomed to failure.

Anita Heiss has done a service to Australia by bringing all these stories to light. A lot of racial stereotypes are debunked. The mistakes made in the past by governments are highlighted. These are issues for today and not just something from the past.

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Janni

Consciousness raising stories

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on April 5, 2021

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This book was an easy, albeit emotional, read - a heartfelt collection of stories by women and men on growing up knowing they were “different” and their struggle to find their identity as Aboriginal Australians. I found the many and varied stories fascinating; and although I considered myself to have some understanding of race issues in this country, in fact this book helped me to acknowledge my superficial and limited knowledge of the challenges involved in growing up aboriginal.

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Fiona

Inspiring and thought provoking compilation that speaks to the heart.

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on September 25, 2018

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This collection of stories ranges from poetic to blunt, from lyrical to simple snapshot, from memoir to a hope for the future.
It is easy to read in format and yet challenging to the very depths.
It took me back to my childhood in a town notorious for racial issues and broke my heart to read the same problems being faced by young people in their teens and twenties fifty years later.

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Peter Jeffrey

must read

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on October 4, 2022

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Well put together would have liked to see more from northern isolated communities living on country but gives a good insight to current and historical racism

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