Talking Strong by Leanne Holt

Talking Strong by Leanne HoltBy the late 1960s, Indigenous education in Australia was in crisis. When Whitlam swept to power in 1972, his Labor government reached out to Indigenous people to guide change at a national level. The National Aboriginal Education Committee was the result. This comprehensive history by Leanne Holt traces the journey of the committee and its members from its inception in the mid 1970s to its completion in 1989. In Talking Strong, Holt introduces us to

Kirkus Prize-winning memoir about Blackness

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and the Pacific Ocean

proud and true to my heritage despite the challenges that life has thrown my way"

in their first book together

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confront Skye

two very different families leave the country for the bright lights of Perth

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