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This. Book. Just when I think I get it; when I think I‘ve informed myself enough about the first people of (so-called) Australia, along comes another book by an Aboriginal writer that opens up my skull & rummages around in there 🤯. Maybe I‘m a bit slow on the uptake 🤔, but this book has stopped me in my tracks & made me THINK. The last book to do that was Lies Damned Lies by Claire G Coleman. I look forward to many more. 🙏 🖤💛❤️

I was once one of those ‘white kids‘ Watego refers to here. Along with 100s of others in a lecture theatre, enrolled in a compulsory Aboriginal Education unit.

When the ‘angry‘ Aboriginal lecturer shared some information with us about the true history of Australia. When the shock, denial and ‘hysteria‘ kicked in and confirmation bias went into overdrive.

But that lecture on that day was a crucial step in my journey of understanding.
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Gulp. As a “whitefulla” and “coloniser” I am apprehensive and yet eager to read this book of essays, understanding that they are not written for me. #anotherdayinthecolony

Making a start on this book of essays. In the lead-up to Australia Day on 26 Jan I try to read a book about the true history of this country from an Aboriginal perspective. This is the book I choose for 2022. #currentlyreading #oznonfiction #notadatetocelebrate