Kimberley Stories
Edited by Sandy Toussaint and written by Kate Auty, Richard Davis, Pat Lowe, Jacqueline Wright, and Steve Hawke
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There are a thousand ways to connect to country. Kimberley Stories is one of them. Once known, never forgotten, the Kimberley gets under your skin. Kimberley Stories tunes readers into one of Australia’s most intriguing and exotic regions via the work of talented authors and artists.
Interweaving fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, lyrics and artworks, the book is a must-have for anyone travelling north in mind, body or spirit.
Contributors include Kate Auty, Jimmy Chi (Bran Nue Dae_), Lesley Corbett, Steve Hawke (_Jandamarra), Pat Lowe, Kim Mahood, Donna Bing-Ying Mak, Marminjiya Joy Nuggett and Stephen Scourfield along with newcomers Jacqueline Wright (T.A.G. Hungerford Award winner for Red Dirt Talking) and 13-year-old Luisa Mitchell who lives and writes in Broome.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
‘For anyone in love with the Kimberley, this … is a celebration of its art, culture and its lasting impression on those who visit.’ Australian Traveller Magazine
‘The Kimberley is a scarily beautiful place with an
exotic blend of indigenous and non-indigenous personalities, and Toussaint does well to capture this diversity with a range of contributors that reflect fascinating links between where and how we live, and who we become as a result.’ Canberra Times
‘For readers who love the Kimberley, this book will feed your yearning to return.’ Farm Weekly
‘The Kimberley is without doubt one of the most incredible natural wonders that WA has to offer, and here anthropologist Sandy Toussaint has gathered diverse views and opinions of the unique region.’ Scoop Magazine
Properties
| ISBN |
9781921888823 (Paperback)
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| Formats |
B+ Format
(208 x 140mm)
(Paperback)
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| Categories |
Short Stories & Anthologies
Sport, Travel & Entertainment Indigenous Writing Current Affairs, Culture & Social History ebooks |
| Pages | 212 |
| Publication Year | 2012 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Publisher | Fremantle Press |
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Kate Auty
Born in Brisbane, Kate Auty is a graduate of the University of Melbourne (Arts (Hons)/Law), Monash University (Masters in Environmental Science) and La Trobe University (PhD in Law and Legal Studies). She has worked as a lawyer for the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, as lecturer and project coordinator in the Graduate Certificate in Environment and Heritage Interpretation at the Institute of Koori Education, Deakin University; as a barrister (Victoria); and as a magistrate (Victoria and Western Australia). Read more
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Richard Davis
Richard Davis was born and educated in Melbourne. His other works include Anna Bishop: The Adventures of an Intrepid Prima Donna and The Ghost Guide to Australia. Read more
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Steve Hawke
Steve Hawke grew up in Melbourne but found his way to the Northern Territory and then to the Kimberley as a nineteen-year-old in 1978. Captivated by the country, the history and the people, he stayed for almost fifteen years working for Aboriginal communities and organisations. He now lives in the hills outside Perth, but continues his strong association with the Kimberley, returning most years. His writings on the Kimberley include Noonkanbah: Whose Land, Whose Law (1989), the children’s novel Barefoot Kids (2007), the play Jandamarra that premiered at the Perth International Arts Festival in 2008 and toured the Kimberley in 2011, and A Town Is Born: The Fitzroy Crossing Story (2013). The Valley is his first novel for adults. Read more
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Pat Lowe
Pat Lowe was born in England and migrated to Australia in 1972. After a few years teaching in France and East Africa, Pat studied psychology and worked in prisons for over 30 years. Pat lived in the Great Sandy Desert for several years with her long term partner, Aboriginal artist Jimmy Pike. She has written books for adults and children, most of them about desert life and natural history. Read more
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Sandy Toussaint
Sandy Toussaint is an anthropologist and author who has worked in and written about the Kimberley for almost thirty years. Her publications include Phyllis Kaberry and me: anthropology, history and Aboriginal Australia (Melbourne University Press), Crossing Boundaries: cultural, legal, practical and historical issues in native title (edited collection, Melbourne University Press), and The Cultural Politics of Juries, co-edited with Kate Auty. An adjunct professor in Anthropology at The University of Western Australia, Sandy has also published creative non-fiction, a story for young children, and poetry under a pseudonym. Read more
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Jacqueline Wright
Dr Jacqueline Wright worked for many years as a teacher and linguist in the Pilbara and Kimberley on Indigenous Australian Aboriginal language, interpreting and cultural programs. In 2000 she took on the regional literature position promoting and developing literary activities and improving opportunities for writers in the north-west of Western Australia. She has worked at Magabala Books and as a producer at ABC radio, Broome. She has a Creative Arts Doctorate from Curtin University. Read more
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