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- An Internal Sea, single work short story
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Anita Heiss, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray,
single work
review
— Review of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray 2021 single work novel ;'Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray begins in Gundagai in 1852. It is the story of Wagadhaany, a young Wiradyuri woman who is coming of age when a great flood devastates her homeland and community. After the flood, Wagadhaany is taken to Wagga Wagga by a white family who appoint her as their servant under the colonial system. Her family is distraught at her departure but are threatened with the Master and Servant Act should they refuse.' (Introduction)
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Krissy Kneen, The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen : Travels with My Grandmother’s Ashes,
single work
review
— Review of The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen : Travels with My Grandmother's Ashes 2021 single work autobiography ;'Lotty Kneen of Queensland – aka Dragica Marusic of Slovenia, the stern and silent maker of papier-mâché dinosaurs, dragons and elves, the grandmother who raised Brisbane-based author Krissy Kneen – was “the fiercely beating heart of the family”, someone who saw “any sign of love as a marker of weakness”.' (Introduction)
