About to start! Prof @marcialangton's Welcome to Country. Been waiting with great delight for this session since the program was announced. @SydWritersFestpic.twitter.com/fwUlNz85I8
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@marcialangton has always travelled, including as an 18 year old volunteer with Dr Fred Hollows to eliminate avoidable blindness amongst Aboriginal people. Her first experience of Australia's vastness were massive duststorms, created by unsustainable farming by White peopleShow this thread
Prof @marcialangton's book Welcome to Country is beautifully illustrated, including diagrams showing Aboriginal people's prehistory & kinship systems, as well as showcasing Aboriginal owned businesses, dance, art, places of the Stolen Generations, & more. @SydWritersFestpic.twitter.com/kkaxp9QZ5n
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Prof Langton not just one of Australia's greatest minds, but a stellar academic on every level. She acknowledged artists and postgraduate students who worked with her on this book. She has an important academic project coming up on repatriation of stolen Aboriginal remains.pic.twitter.com/amwrrpEjHw
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Buy Prof Langton's beautiful book!She is also guest curator of the
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