Gender:
Male
Heritage:
Aboriginal
;
Aboriginal Djaru / Jaru
;
Aboriginal Kija
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2020 winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Daisy Utemorrah Award with Hakea Hustler, for 'Dirran'.
- 2020 winner black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships for 'Backyard Sports'.
- 2019 recipient Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Western Australian Writer's Fellowship
Awards for Works
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Black Cockatoo
Broome
:
Magabala Books
,
2018
13859973
2018
single work
children's fiction
children's
'Black Cockatoo is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile connections of family and culture. Mia is a 13-year-old girl from a remote community in the Kimberley. She is saddened by the loss of her brother as he distances himself from the family. She feels powerless to change the things she sees around her, until one day she rescues her totem animal, the dirran black cockatoo, and soon discovers her own inner strength. A wonderful small tale on the power of standing up for yourself, culture and ever-present family ties.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2019 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Children's Book Award
- 2019 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Eight to 10 Years
- 2019 Honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Younger Readers
- 2019 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year
- 2019 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book
- 2019 shortlisted The Readings Children’s Book Prize
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