Namatjira Onstage
Elea becomes "Albert". Elea’s father Namatjirrtja becomes "Jonathan". And the name Namatjirrtja is in turn…More
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SBS Can Do Better Than This
Son Nguyen is introduced in the second episode of Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta,…More
'We Took Nothing For Granted'
As many New Matilda readers will know, Crikey publisher Diana Gribble died in Melbourne last…More
Postcards From The Media's Edge
Two covers tell the story. There’s the one we got right: Issue Four, featuring artist…More
Learning From Liep Gony's Murder
On a very hot and very sad day in October 2007 I attended Liep Gony’s…More
Familiarising the Strange
Historian Robert Kenny wrote his multiple prize-winning book The Lamb Enters the Dreaming: Nathanael Pepper…More
The Pearson Influence
In the late 1990s, journalist Nicolas Rothwell came across a dog-eared document. Rothwell describes this…More
When The Past Is Personal
From 1986 until 1993, in the busy centre of the German town of Harburg, there…More
Black In The City
Gillian Cowlishaw heads west, along the M4 motorway, passing suburbs that stretch along the plains…More
From Cover To Cover
The Best Australian Essays 2008 opens with an elegant, extended reflection by Christos Tsiolkas entitled…More