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Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss

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el_36's review

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jayraams's review

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5.0

This series is very important I highly recommend all the Growing up...in Australia books. This one is important, showing the varied faces of the First Nations people of Australia. As a white Australian I have no right to put my voice above theirs, so instead I recommend you sit down and listen with an open mind to their words and I pray you learn.

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

This was a really insightful and important read. I thought a lot of these essays or stories from peoples' lives growing up Aboriginal in Australia were great and shed light on these experiences that I, as a white Australian, have not experienced and the privilege that provides me. There was a good mix of happy, sad, beautiful and ugly throughout these stories. It also really shows how recently the atrocities against the Aboriginal population occurred, with stories from people part of the stolen generation included, as well as their children. It really highlights how much better as a society we must strive to be to be inclusive and accepting of the Aboriginal people and their ways of life. I think this was a great and important read for anyone in Australia, or even those globally.

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reads2cope's review against another edition

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4.75

A moving and thought-provoking anthology covering many diverse perspectives. I especially enjoyed the narrators, so many of the stories were written so vividly, and paired with the readings this book was incredibly beautiful.

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4.0

An awesome initiative resulting in an insightful and well compiled anthology of stories. I'm grateful for all those that opened up to present them. Worked well as an audio book, a couple of chapters at a time.