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Numerous
Indigenous Australians are notable for their contributions to Australian literature and journalism.
Indigenous Australian literature includes fiction, plays, letters, essays and other works.
Literature
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Faith Bandler – activist and novelist
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Larissa Behrendt – activist, lawyer and novelist
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Lisa Bellear – dramatist and poet
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Charmaine Bennell – children's fiction
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Iris Burgoyne – autobiographer
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Burnum Burnum – writer and educator, tireless proponent of reconciliation
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Ken Canning – poet and activist
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Mary Carmel Charles – children's fiction
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Claire G. Coleman – writer and poet
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Jack Davis – poet and playwright
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Wesley Enoch – playwright, director
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Lionel Fogarty – poet and activist
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Richard Frankland – playwright, scriptwriter and musician
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Kevin Gilbert – activist, writer, artist
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Jane Harrison – playwright
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Ruth Hegarty – writer
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Anita Heiss – novelist, poet and children's author
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Kate Howarth – writer, memoirist
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Marnie Kennedy – autobiographer
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Ruby Langford Ginibi – writer, historian, autobiographer
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Melissa Lucashenko – novelist
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Ray Mancini – writer, educator
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Philip McLaren – author, academic and artist
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Olga Miller – historian, artist and author
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Sally Morgan – writer
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Mudrooroo (Colin Johnson) – poet, author, playwright (note: Johnson's Aboriginality is contested by many)
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Big Bill Neidjie – last surviving speaker of the Gaagudju language
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Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) – poet
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Bruce Pascoe
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Doris Pilkington Garimara
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Kerry_Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019) – activist, writer, artist, editor, educator
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Ronald Roe – writer
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Kim Scott – novelist
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Kirli Saunders – author and poet
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Jared Thomas – writer, and arts curator
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Margaret Tucker – activist and author of If Everyone Cared (1977), one of the first autobiographies of the
Stolen Generations
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David Unaipon (1872–1967) – first published Aboriginal author
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James Unaipon (1835–1907) – author and preacher
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Ellen van Neerven – novelist and poet
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Sam Watson – novelist and filmmaker
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Samuel Wagan Watson – poet
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Herb Wharton – poet and novelist
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Tara June Winch – novelist
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Alexis Wright –
Miles Franklin Award winning novelist
Music and theatre
Journalism
Non-fiction
Essays and academia
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