From Benang to Taboo, Kim Scott memorialises events we don't want to remember
- Written by Jo Jones, Senior Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies, Curtin University
A memorial in Kukenarup to the massacre that took place in the area, in which 30-40 Aboriginal men, women, and children were killed. Wikimedia
Over the past three decades the Miles Franklin shortlists have contained a healthy serve of history, from the poised historical fiction of authors such as David Malouf and Roger McDonald, to the...
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