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'I am one of the fortunate people who were a part of the Guwanyi National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writer's Festival, held at the NSW Writer's Centre on Saturday, 6 September.' (Harold Hunt 24/09/2008 Koori Mail)
(p. 23)
Note: Portrait of Philip McLaren, Alexis Wright and Tara June Winch
Black Cockatoosi"Whilst sipping my tea I hear squawking outside a lone cockatoo sails by with pride.",Jonathan Hill,
single work poetry
(p. 24)
Walking Freei"My freedom is gone, four walls all around, the gate slams shut it's a haunting sound.",Jeremy Donovan,
single work poetry
(p. 24)
'Racism is 'the gangrene of the soul of this nation which slumbers under the smug surface of this lucky country'. (Lillian Holt, Koori Mail 24/09/2008)
'Nimmo's 56-minute film, The Intervention, examines the process of the Federal intervention taking place in Indigenous communities in the Katherine region in the Northern Territory in the name of neglected and abused children.' (Koori Mail 24/09/2008)
The inaugural National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writer's Festival called Guwanyi which means ' to tell' was held earlier this month at the NSW Writer's Centre in Sydney.' (Koori Mail 24/09/2008)
'Opera is story telling. Story telling is ancient and a traditional practice for Indigenous people. Opera is an innovative form of expression for Indigenous story telling.' (Koori Mail 24/09/2008)
'The Katherine region now has a dedicated Indigenous language and linguistics lecturer based at the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Education's Katherine Annexe.' (Koori Mail 24/09/2008