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Jake Milroy Jake Milroy i(A128887 works by) (a.k.a. Jake Ezra Milroy)
Born: Established: 1984 Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Palku / Palyku
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1 Foreword Jake Milroy , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Waltzing the Wilarra 2011; (p. 61-62)
1 Up a Ladder : Black Words and Me Jake Milroy , 2009 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 54 no. 2 2009; (p. 56-65) BlackWords team member Jake Milroy talks about how BlackWords came into his life.
Only a year or so ago I had been addressing an audience of trees out of frustration at the deafness of Australians to Indigenous issues. Now here I am, collecting and showcasing the powerful words of some of our great Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and orators. Perhaps the trees put in a good word for me. I like to think so.
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