Lorena Allam Lorena Allam i(13927305 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Gumilaroi ; Aboriginal Yuwaalaraay
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 Yunupingu, Yolŋu Leader and Campaigner for Indigenous Rights, Dies Aged 74 Lorena Allam , 2023 single work obituary (for Yunupingu )
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 April 2023;

'Elder spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of his people, from the Yirrkala bark petitions of 1963 to the voice to parliament'

1 ‘A Great Australian’ : Anthony Albanese Leads Tributes to Yunupingu Lorena Allam , 2023 single work obituary (for Yunupingu )
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 April 2023;

‘He now walks in another place, but he has left such great footsteps for us to follow’

1 Voice, Treaty, Truth: What Does Labor’s Commitment to Uluru Statement from the Heart Mean? Lorena Allam , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 22 May 2022;

'Indigenous Australians have been calling for a voice to parliament since 2017, and Albanese has vowed to hold a referendum during his first term.'

1 David Dalaithngu Obituary : Walkabout Star a ‘consummate Actor’ Who Helped Reinvent Australian Film Lorena Allam , 2021 single work obituary (for David Gulpilil )
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 30 November 2021;

'Dalaithngu had key roles in Storm Boy, The Last Wave and worked with Rolf de Heer in The Tracker, Ten Canoes and Charlie’s Country'

1 John Ah Kit : Leader and Tireless Advocate for Aboriginal Rights Dies Aged 69 Lorena Allam , 2020 single work obituary (for John Ah Kit )
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 13 July 2020;

'Family of Jawoyn leader and first Aboriginal minister in the Northern Territory parliament says his life ‘should be the focus of celebration’'

1 Right Fire for Right Future : How Cultural Burning Can Protect Australia from Catastrophic Blazes Lorena Allam , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 19 Jan 2020;

'Traditional knowledge has already reduced bushfires and emissions in the top end, so why isn’t it used more widely?'

(Source : Abstract)

1 For First Nations People the Bushfires Bring a Particular Grief, Burning What Makes Us Who We Are Lorena Allam , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 6 January 2020;

'Our memories, our sacred places, we are losing what forever connects us to a place in the landscape. But we can help'

(Source : Abstract)

1 Grave Fears Held for Hundreds of Important NSW South Coast Indigenous Sites Lorena Allam , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 16 January 2020;

'Yuin people say several spots between Gulaga and Mumbulla mountain may be wiped out and they need to go on country to assess damage'.

(Source : Abstract) 

1 Dark Emu's Infinite Potential : 'Our Kids Have Grown up in a Fog about the History of the Land' Lorena Allam , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 24 May 2019;

'Bruce Pascoe’s 2014 book rewrote Australian history, and continues to win awards, inspire projects and change the conversation. A new kids’ version, out in June, is the third in Guardian Australia’s series of literary highlights, The Unmissables.' (Introduction)

1 When Glenda Met Sandy : Descendants of Massacre Survivor and Soldier Unite in Grief Lorena Allam , Carly Earl , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 March 2019;

'At least 14 Aboriginal men, women and children were shot and killed in the Appin massacre near Sydney. Countless others fell to their deaths in the gorge below.'

1 The Killing Times : The Massacres of Aboriginal People Australia Must Confront Lorena Allam , Nick Evershed , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 March 2019;

'Shootings, poisonings and children driven off cliffs – this is a record of state-sanctioned slaughter.'

1 'We Want to Say Sorry' : The Historian Whose Great-uncle Led the Coniston Massacre Lorena Allam , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 March 2019;

'Only by engaging with ‘real ugliness’ can healing begin, Liza Dale-Hallett says.'

1 Australia Risks 'Dysfunction' Without Truth Telling about Massacres, Advocates Say Lorena Allam , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 March 2019;

'Responding to Guardian Australia’s Killing Times project, campaigners and MPs say Makarrata process can pave way for proper treaty.'

1 Descended from Both Sides of Queensland's Bloody Massacres Lorena Allam , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 March 2019;

Kal Ellwood’s great-great-grandfather Jack Noble belonged to the lethally efficient native police. But that’s only half his story. 

1 'It's like a Big Dark Cloud Has Lifted' : the Town Dragged into Reconciliation – Photo Essay Lorena Allam , Carly Earl , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 March 2019;

'It took 169 years for a South Australian massacre to be acknowledged but a memorial has at last eased some of the pain for the Wirangu people.'

1 Tom E Lewis : Actor, Singer and Songwriter Dies Suddenly Lorena Allam , 2018 single work obituary (for Tom E. Lewis )
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 11 May 2018;
1 3 The Killing Times The Killing Times Interactive Map Nick Evershed , Lorena Allam , Ciaran O'Mahony , Jeremy Nadel , 2013 single work multimedia
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia 2013-;

'About this map: each marker indicates the location of a fatal historical conflict between Indigenous Australians and settlers during the British colonisation of Australia, in which more than six people died.' 

X