List of Indigenous Australian writers
- List of Indigenous Australian writers
Numerous Indigenous Australians are notable for their contributions to Australian literature and journalism.
Literature
* Edward Warrigal Anderson - novelist, winner of the David Unaipon Award in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
* Faith Bandler - activist and novelist
* Jimmy Barker - author of "Two Worlds of Jimmy Barker"
* Larissa Behrendt - activist, lawyer & novelist
* Lisa Bellear - dramatist and poet
* Roger Bennett - playwright
* Ross Boddington - children's literature
* G. L. Bostock - playwright
* Margaret Brusnahan - poetry, humor and children's literature
* Cheryl Buchanan - playwright
* John Muk Muk Burke - RAKA award winning poet
* Mary Carmel Charles - children's fiction
* Jimmy Chi - songwriter and playwright, winner of the 1997 Red Ochre Award from the Australia Council
* Mona Matilda (Monica) Clare - novelist and autobiographer
* Vivienne Cleven - Multi award-winning novelist, playwright
* Cathy Craigie - playwright
* Evelyn Crawford - memoirist
* Jack Davis - poet & playwright
* Graeme Dixon - poet and memoirist
* Lorna Rose Dixon - linguist and memoirist
* Bill Dodd - memoirist , winner of the 1991 David Unaipon award
* Mabel Edmund - autobiographer
* Wesley Enoch - playwright, director
* Lionel Fogarty - poet and activist
* Richard Frankland - playwright, filmmaker, singer, songwriter
* Kevin Gilbert - activist, writer, artist
* Burraga Gutya (Ken Canning) - poetry
* Jane Harrison - playwright
* Ruth Hegarty - writer
* Anita Heiss novelist, poet & children's author
* Elizabeth Eileen Hodgson - poet
* Ruby Langford Ginibi - writer, historian, autobiographer
* Labumore (Elsie Roughsey) - autobiographer
* Sally Morgan - writer
* Mudrooroo (Colin Johnson) - poet,author playwright
* Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) - poet
* Doris Pilkington Garimara
* Kim Scott - novelist
* Samuel Wagan Watson - poet
* Glenyse Ward - autobiographer
* Sam Watson - novelist and filmmaker
* Herb Wharton - poet and novelist
* Tara June Winch - novelist
* Alexis Wright - Miles Franklin Award winning novelist
Non-fiction
*Robyne Bancroft- founding member of the Indigenous Archaeological Association
*Jeanie Bell - linguist and biographer
Journalism
* Wayne Coolwell
* Stan Grant (journalist)
* John Newfong
* Rhianna Patrick
External links
* [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/aborigwr.html OzLit list of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers]
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