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Read, Listen, Understand: Why Non-Indigenous Australians Should Read First Nations Writing, Meera Anne Atkinson , single work essay

'Do you read Australia’s First Nations (Indigenous) writers? If not, why not? People read for many reasons: information, entertainment, escape, to contemplate in company, to be moved. Reading can also be a political act, an act of solidarity, an expression of willingness to listen and to learn from others with radically different histories and lives.' (Introduction)
Jukurrpa-kurlu Yapa-kurlangu-kurlu 'Dreamtime' and 'The Dreaming' - An Introduction, Christine Nicholls , Valerie Patterson Napanangka (translator) single work column

'... In 2002, Jeannie Herbert Nungarrayi, formerly a Warlpiri teacher at the Lajamanu School in the Tanami Desert of the Northern Territory, where I worked for many years first as a linguist and then as school principal, explained the central Warlpiri concept of the Jukurrpa in the following terms: ...'
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