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A Black woman is sitting on a bed spread which features a yellow and white design. The light is subdued.
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Theatre review: The Black Woman of Gippsland, Southbank Theatre, The Sumner

A modern mystery tale about Indigenous identity.

Two mannequins wearing Indigenous designs.
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Exhibition review: Stitchin’ Stories: Blak & Threadly, Birrarung Building, Federation Square

Blak Design delivers an impressive collection of local First Peoples' fashion.

Two panels. On the left is poet Jazz Money. She has blonde hair and is wearing a yellow top. On the right is the cover of her book 'mark the dawn' which is yellow and covered in random markings.
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Book review: mark the dawn, Jazz Money

Jazz Money's second poetry collection is a lyrical and fierce reckoning of contemporary life.

A light show with blue and purple colours is show against a mountain range.
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Parrtjima to return with a timeless glow in April

The Light Festival’s 10th anniversary brings back favourite events plus a musical surprise.

Two panels. The main one is of author Nardi Simpson who has short brown hair and is wearing big orange earrings. Her book, 'The Belburd' is a landscape bathed in shades of blue.
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Book review: The Belburd, Nardi Simpson

A lyrical, multi-stranded novel about connection to Country.

Jeanine Leanie in large brimmed straw hat. Ellen van Neerven with short dark hair in black and white photo. The cover of their co-edited book, "Shapeshifting' is purple in tone with three butterflies on it.
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Book review: Shapeshifting: First Nations Lyric Nonfiction, Edited by Jeanine Leane and Ellen van Neerven

A powerful collection of lyric essays reshaping storytelling to reflect First Nations culture and history.

Architecture render of the Potter Museum of Art at University of Melbourne, Wood Marsh Architects. A heritage brown brick building with a reflective steel entranceway.
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Potter Museum reopens in 2025 with exhibition and resources on 65,000 years of Australian art

After extensive redevelopment, the University of Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art makes a comeback with a glossy new entrance and…

‘skeletons’ by Judy Watson, installation view at Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville. A white-walled gallery with two large columns in the middle. Several works are on display including a sheer red banner on the left and a video projection showing landscape in the centre.
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Exhibition review: skeletons, Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts

A solo of existing and newly commissioned works by Waanyi artist, Judy Watson, which uncovers colonial ‘skullduggery’.

In a blue-lit stage, two young men, Nelson Clay and Corey Saylor-Brunskill, are standing on a box-like structure.
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Theatre review: The Box, various Tasmanian venues

A complex story of trying to break out of the "box" of public housing and of identity prejudices.

Two panels. On the left is a smiling woman with brown hair, lavender coloured glasses and a lavender top. On the right is the title and author of the book in white font ('Dirrayawadha' and Anita Heiss) over a sunset treescape.
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Book review: Dirrayawadha, Anita Heiss

The prolific author returns to the Frontier Wars in this epic Australian fiction.

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