List of Indigenous Australian writers
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Numerous Indigenous Australians are notable for their contributions to Australian literature and journalism.
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[edit] 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
[edit] Non-fiction
- Robyne Bancroft- founding member of the Indigenous Archaeological Association
- Jeanie Bell - linguist and biographer
[edit] Journalism
- Wayne Coolwell
- Stan Grant (journalist)
- John Newfong
- Rhianna Patrick
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