Aaron Smith Aaron Smith i(6374949 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 1 y separately published work icon The Rock Aaron Smith , Yarraville : Transit Lounge , 2020 20097125 2020 single work autobiography

'Journalist Aaron Smith's new memoir holds up a unique mirror to Australia. What he sees is at once amazing, disturbing and revealing. The Rock explores the failings of our nation's character, its unresolved past and its uncertain future from the vantage point of its most northerly outpost, Thursday Island.

'Smith was the last editor, fearless journalist and the paperboy of Australia's most northerly newspaper, the Torres News, a small independent regional tabloid that, until it folded in late 2019, was the voice of a predominantly Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal readership for 63 years across some of the most remote and little understood communities in Australia. 

'The Rock is a story of self-discovery where Smith grapples to understand a national identity marred by its racist underbelly, where he is transplanted from his white-boy privileged suburban life to being a racial and cultural minority, and an outsider. Peppered with his experiences, Smith gradually and sensitively becomes embedded in island life while vividly capturing the endless and often farcical parade of personalities and politicians including Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott.' (Publication summary)

1 Jimi Bani Comes Full Circle with New Show Aaron Smith , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 25 September - 1 October no. 1285 2017; (p. 4)

For Torres Strait Islander actor/writer Jimi Bani, performing his new theatre show at the Gab Titui Cultural Centre on Thursday Island was like coming full circle.'

1 Diat's Long Journey Home Aaron Smith , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 6-12 November no. 1291 2017; (p. 7)

'It's been along [sic] journey for Diat Alferink since 2005 when she first performed her critically acclaimed solo show Wakaid Girl Lyndhurst Kid in Adelaide.'

1 Bangarra, Coming Back to Country Aaron Smith , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 21-27 August no. 1280 2017; (p. 10)

'Despite rave reviews and a sell-out season of their most-recent production, Bennelong at the Sydney Opera House, dancer and choreographer Deborah Brown of the world-renown Indigenous dance company Bangarra said she was 'really nervous' about performing their 2015 hit show I.B.I.S. on Thursday Island on August 7.'

1 Patty Mills : Connecting Culture and People Aaron Smith , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 21-27 August no. 1280 2017; (p. 3, 4)
1 Looking at Our Colonial History from the Indigenous Perspective Aaron Smith , 2016 single work single work essay review
— Appears in: Torres News , 12-18 December no. 1246 2016; (p. 10)

'A new book gives an insight into how Indigenous people across the country perceived and interacted with European shipwreck survivors and convict escapees who they took into their communities.'

1 Bangarra Dance : Two Stories, Two Cultures United Aaron Smith , 2014 single work
— Appears in: Torres News , 17-23 November no. 1142 2014; (p. 1)
'A huge crowd pathered at Thursday Island's ANZAC Park to enjoy a free performance...'
1 Poet's Trip Down Memory Lane Aaron Smith , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 18-24 August no. 1129 2014; (p. 2)
'Self-proclaimed Jack-of-all-trades, Nicholas Lyon Gresson, came back to Thursday Island recently, some 47 years after his two-year romance with the region...'
1 Seaman Dan's 'Steady Steady' Work on his New Album Aaron Smith , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 9-15 June no. 1119 2014; (p. 4)
'Uncle Seaman Dan stopped by Thursday Island last week promoting the upcoming releast of his hew album...'
1 Torres Strait Film and TV School : Where it Begins Aaron Smith , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 5-11 May no. 1114 2014; (p. 6)
'Award-winning television actor Aaron Fa'aoso describes a Film and Television course on offer this month on Thursday Isalnd as "the precipice of the film and television industry in the Torres Strait. This is where it begins"..'
1 Thursday Island Writers Make a Mark Aaron Smith , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 2-8 September no. 1081 2013; (p. 4)
1 NAIDOC Celebrations on Thursday Island Aaron Smith , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 5-11 August no. 1077 2013; (p. 12)
1 NAIDOC Day Celebrated on Horn Island Aaron Smith , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 29 July - 4 August no. 1076 2013; (p. 6)
1 Torres Strait NAIDOC Gala Awards Night Aaron Smith , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 22-28 July no. 1075 2013; (p. 14-15)
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