Kerry Arabena Kerry Arabena i(A121233 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Torres Strait Islander
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1 Preparing the Treaty Generation : The First 1000 Days Kerry Arabena , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 60 2018; (p. 305-316)

'On 25 July 2016 I was in a paediatric roundtable at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, where we discussed early interventions in Koori children’s lives to help give them the best start possible. Later that evening I found myself horrified by images of teenage Dylan Voller being stripped naked, hooded and strapped in a chair by adult men in the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. Like many others I will never forget those images. I grew so distressed during the airing of that show that my husband wanted to change the channel. I said, ‘No. I am a witness, I am witnessing something here.’'  (Introduction)

1 y separately published work icon Giving an Account of Ourselves : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Philosophy, Knowledge and View Seminar Series 1 2009 Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies , 2009 Z1600226 2009 anthology life story oral history Giving an Account of Ourselves is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander initiative facilitated by AIATSIS for Indigenous speakers from around Australia to give talks on a number of the contemporary issues concerning Indigenous Australians.
1 [Review Essay] Life B'long Ali Drummond : A Life in the Torres Strait Kerry Arabena , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 2008; (p. 130-131)

— Review of Life B'long Ali Drummond : A Life in the Torres Strait Samantha Faulkner , 2007 single work life story

'Families are important, our centre from which support, guidance and leadership are culturally transmitted from person to person, through generation to generation. Samantha Faulkner uses the life of her grandfather, Ali Drummond, to explore — through her relationships with near and extended families — these connections in her own life to her roots in the Torres Strait and those she has established on the mainland. Throughout this book, the cultural connections and reflections on family remain strong.' (Introduction)

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