First Nations Classics Bundle
Written by
Sally MorganKim ScottHazel Brown (d.2021)Alice Nannup (d.1995)Alice Bilari Smith (d.2012)
Paperback
$150.00 GST
Our state is filled with powerful First Nations voices, writing of hardships, Country, family and resilience. Read them for yourself, and learn from their stories.
In this bundle, seek the truth in family histories with Sally Morgan in My Place and Kim Scott and Hazel Brown in Kayang & Me. Be inspired by the extraordinary journeys of women in regional and remote Australia in Under a Bilari Tree I Born by Alice Bilari Smith and When the Pelican Laughed by Alice Nannup. And in Kim Scott’s Benang, a young Indigenous man embarks on a profound journey within himself.
This bundle also includes a Fremantle Press supporter enamel pin.
Sally Morgan
Sally Morgan was born in Perth, in 1951. She has published books for both adults and children, including her acclaimed autobiography, My Place. She has also established a national reputation as an artist and has works in many private and public collections.
Kim Scott
Kim Scott is a descendant of people living along the south coast of Western Australia prior to colonisation, and is proud to be one among those who call themselves Noongar. He began writing for publication shortly after he became a secondary school teacher of English. True Country, his first novel, was published in 1993. His […]
Hazel Brown (d.2021)
Hazel Brown (b. 1925, d. 2021) was born at Kendenup in the Great Southern. Her mother was Nellie (Sybil) Limestone who married one of the Wirlomin people, Fred (Yiller) Roberts in 1921. Fred (Yiller) died in 1930 and his brother, Wilfred Roberts (Tjinjel) married Sybil and reared up all the children. Hazel was the senior […]
Alice Nannup (d.1995)
Alice Nannup was born on a Pilbara station in 1911 to an Aboriginal mother and white father. She was taken from her community at the age of twelve and sent south to work as a domestic servant. After her marriage in 1932, Alice raised ten children. Known as ‘Nan’, she lived in Geraldton surrounded by […]
Alice Bilari Smith (d.2012)
Alice Bilari Smith was born at Rocklea Station in the Pilbara in the 1920s. Her mother was a Banyjima woman and her father a white teamster. She was raised by her Aboriginal family and narrowly escaped being removed to Moore River. After her marriage, Alice spent most of her adult years living in the bush […]Explore more from our catalogue
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