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abmaltly
Shadowlines | Stephen Kinnane
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Just an amazing book. A story of love amid a sea of hate driven by small minded people. How hate of minorities continues to this day is a tragedy of the human race.

“If power is the ability of others to make you inhabit their story of you, this power can only be contained by the rigidity of ignorance and the inability to question and to learn.”

MrsMalaprop Haha, adding this book to my stack & who do I find? Welcome to Litsy 🥰 2mo
abmaltly 😂. Thank you 🙂 2mo
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Teresereading
In Search of Hobart | Peter Timms
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In Christopher Koch‘s ‘The Boys in the Island‘, Hobart is described as ‘a city, but only just‘.

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DocBrown 😂😂😂 I like Hobart! It‘s nice! 2mo
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abmaltly
My Place | Sally Morgan
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What an amazing book. I haven‘t been as angry, ashamed, or cried as much reading a book as I have for a long time. A story of the cruelty and stupidity of society, both in the past and to this day, besides the strength and enduring love still given by those marginalized by it.

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jenniferw88
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LeeRHarry Great choice for this prompt. 😊 3mo
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The Tall Man | Chloe Hooper
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Got a bit sick yesterday and missed ballet! Today I was still a bit off so took the day off again. I tested myself out with a small walk to the second furthest away book swap from my house (in the back ground of this picture) and did ok so hopefully I can go back to ballet tomorrow.

Jeg The Tall Man is very good , especially for right now in Australia with the yes/ no referendum. 6mo
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danx
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In Dark Emu we learn that pre colonial Australia was not populated by unsophisticated nomadic hunter gatherers, but by people who had established agriculture, lived in houses and villages, curated the landscape. Major crops included yams and grains. A people who lived for ~65,000 years with an attachment and respect for land and who did not rely on violence as an integral part of their society. We could all learn so much from First Nations people.

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Jeg
The Tall Man | Chloe Hooper
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A powerful read. Published in 2008 it documents the happenings and trial around the death in custody of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island. With the up and coming referendum here in Australia , I would recommend this as an important read. If you can find a copy. Here it seems to have disappeared from library shelves. Chloe‘s writing does remind me of the style of some of Helen Garners books.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
Melbourne | Sophie Cunningham
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Love how subtle this one is!!

It‘s my weekend to work, the roster has changed - so new branch, new crew… it‘s been pretty quiet… but I had 🌮 for lunch so I‘m feeling good!

Texreader I love that artwork!! 11mo
CarolynM Lovely😍 Where is it? There used to be a gorgeous one near the Exhibition St - Collins Street corner before they built that new tower block there. I miss it. 11mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, The Kilburn on the corner of Glenferrie and Burwood Road in Hawthorn. 🙃 new builds hiding artwork, rude! 11mo
IndoorDame Stunning!!! 11mo
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Eva_B
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The book I‘ve tagged is not the right one but another book by the author on the same subject. I‘ve read ‘The Dismissal in the Queen‘s Name‘ by Paul Kelly and Troy Bramston This is an updated 2015 book which was written after more archival documents were released. A fascinating, turbulent time in Australia‘s political history. How does an elected Prime Minister get dismissed by an appointed official? Lots of egos, incompetence and deception.

CarolynM It‘s interesting in the context of independents having the balance of power in the Senate. There‘s no guarantee we won‘t find ourselves in a similar situation in the future. 🫣 12mo
Eva_B Yes, and in the conclusion they discuss that it is technically possible it could happen again but not likely. But Whitlam also thought it wasn‘t likely! A big factor is how John Kerr acted. He didn‘t handle the situation well at all. He never warned Whitlam of what he was about to do. He just did it. Yet he told Fraser he was going to do it. The whole crisis could have been averted but there were too many big egos in play. 12mo
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keepingupwiththepenguins
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The feeling of not being “black enough” or “Aboriginal enough”, and lamenting loss of connection to ancestry and culture, is present in almost all of these stories. That‘s the most heartbreaking aspect of Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia for me – the impact that colonisation has had in deciding what a “real” Aboriginal person “should” look like. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/growing-up-aboriginal-in-australia-anita-he...

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