Another Day in the Colony


Chelsea Watego + Elizabeth Walker

Queensland Terrace, level 2, State Library

Main Festival

#Performances


#About the event


#Artists

Chelsea Watego

Chelsea Watego

Chelsea Watego is a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman born and raised on Yuggera country. First trained as an Aboriginal health worker, she is an Indigenist health humanities scholar, prolific writer and public intellectual. When not referred to as 'Vern and Elaine's baby', she is also Kihi, Maya, Eliakim, Vernon and George's mum.

Elizabeth Walker

Elizabeth Walker

Kgiyarrah, better known as Elizabeth Walker is a Nunakal (Noonuccal), Ngugi and Goenpul woman of the Quandamooka nation off the coast of Meanjin (Brisbane). Inspired by her late great-grandmother Oodgeroo Noonuccal to use writing as a method of expression from a young age, her poetry reflects the critical relationships and connections between Aboriginal people, culture, country and kin.



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