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'A film that centres on a group of South Australian Aboriginal traditional owners who fight for their culture and heritage will be shown at the Pacific International Documentary Film Festival in Tahiti at the end of this month.' (Koori Mail) 30/01/2008
(p. 31)
Note: Portrait of Natasha Wanganeen and Quenten Agius.
'Trevor Jamieson and his people of the spinifex plains south-west of Alice Springs have created a dramatic gift to the nation, and Sydney audiences are eagerly lapping it up. (Koori Mail) 30/01/2008
(p. 46)
Note: Portrait of Trevor Jamieson and cast from Ngapartji Ngapartji
'The show is essentially a musical autobiography for Bennett; a talented Indigenous singer/songwriter who faced challenges coming to terms with her sexuality in a rural town, and went on to to international success with her group The Tiddas.' Koori Mail 30/01/2008
'That a book of 126 pages celebrates so many memorable characters is testimony to Gayle Kennedy's deft touch. The characters and stories stick, not the language, but it should be said this is beautiful writing, so good you don't notice it.' (David Rollison) Koori Mail 30/01/2008
'Of Torres Strait Islander and Croatian descent, Ben recently scored a $5000 Australia Council for the Arts grant under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board's Skills and Arts Development Individuals funding. He must now start his project, titled Sparred Away, over the next six months, with a publication and launch on completion.' (Koori Mail 30/01/2008)