Garry 'Sonny' Martin Garry 'Sonny' Martin i(23539885 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Kamilaroi ; Aboriginal Kooma
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1 Cooladdi to Cambooya Garry 'Sonny' Martin , 2023 single work short story
— Appears in: Saltbush Review , no. 3 2023;
1 The Red Soil Road Garry 'Sonny' Martin , 2021 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 80 no. 4 2021;

'The local town council constructed the red soil road to prevent vehicles from getting bogged in the heavy sand leading up to the Charleville Aboriginal reserve. The reserve was known as the ‘Yumba’ (meaning camp) among its residents and it was situated on the outskirts of town, approximately three kilometres from the town centre. It was home to about 15 families, including mine. How generous the council was to build this road for us … after herding us off our land! Later, the strategically placed toilet blocks and water taps, also built by the council, made the living conditions on the camp slightly more bearable.'  (Introduction)
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