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[[Oodgeroo Noonuccal]] (1920–1993) was a famous Aboriginal poet, writer and rights activist credited with publishing the first Aboriginal book of verse: ''We Are Going'' (1964).<ref>{{in lang|en}} {{cite web |url=http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/poetry/index.htm |title=Modern Australian poetry |publisher=Ministère de la culture |access-date=26 December 2017 |archive-date=10 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410090353/http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/poetry/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
There was a flourishing of Aboriginal literature from the 1970s through to the 1990s, coinciding with a period of political advocacy and focus on [[Indigenous Australian land rights]].<ref name=waves2021/> [[Sally Morgan (artist)|Sally Morgan]]'s 1987 memoir ''[[My Place (book)|My Place]]'' brought Indigenous stories to wider notice.<ref>{{
However a conservative backlash occurred under [[Howard government|John Howard's government]] (1996 to 2007), causing a period of decline for Aboriginal publishing that was to last until the mid to late 2010s.<ref name=waves2021/>
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Leading Aboriginal activists [[Marcia Langton]] (''[[First Australians]]'' documentary TV series, 2008) and [[Noel Pearson]] (''Up from the Mission'', 2009) are contemporary contributors to Australian non-fiction. Other voices of [[Indigenous Australians]] include the [[playwright]] [[Jack Davis (playwright)|Jack Davis]] and [[Kevin Gilbert (author)|Kevin Gilbert]].
The [[First Nations Australia Writers Network]] was founded in 2013 with [[Kerry Reed-Gilbert]] as inaugural chair, to support and advocate for Indigenous writers. During the early 21st century, Heiss, Sandra Phillips and [[Jeanine Leane]] were important voices in promoting Aboriginal publishing.<ref name=waves2021/>
Writers coming to prominence in the 21st century include [[Kim Scott]], [[Alexis Wright]], [[Kate Howarth (writer)|Kate Howarth]], [[Tara June Winch]], [[Yvette Holt]] and [[Anita Heiss]]. Indigenous authors who have won Australia's [[Miles Franklin Award]] include [[Kim Scott]], who was joint winner (with [[Thea Astley]]) in 2000 for ''[[Benang]]'' and again in 2011 for ''[[That Deadman Dance]].'' [[Alexis Wright]] won the award in 2007 for her novel ''[[Carpentaria]].'' [[Melissa Lucashenko]] won the Miles Franklin Award in 2019 for her novel ''[[Too Much Lip]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perpetual.com.au/insights/2019-miles-franklin-literary-award-winner| title=2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist unveiled {{!}} Perpetual|website=www.perpetual.com.au|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref>
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==Poetry==
Poets such as [[Evelyn Araluen]], [[Ellen van Neerven]] and [[Alison Whittaker]] started rising to further prominence in 2020,
==Online repositories==
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*[[Anita Heiss]]
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book | author=Mudrooroo | title=Indigenous Literature of Australia: Milli Milli Wangka | publisher=Hyland House | publication-place=South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | publication-date=1997 | isbn=1864470143 | oclc=37488798 | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Indigenous_Literature_of_Australia.html?id=guFiOPQ6wzQC}}
*{{cite book | editor-last=Saunders | editor-first=Mykaela | title=This All Come Back Now: An Anthology of First Nations Speculative Fiction | publisher=University of Queensland Press | publication-date=2022 | publication-place= St Lucia, Queensland, Australia| isbn=0702265667| oclc=1293838925 | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/This_All_Come_Back_Now.html?id=P9lpEAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description}}
*{{cite book | editor-last=Wheeler | editor-first=Belinda | title=A Companion to Australian Aboriginal Literature | publisher=Camden House | publication-date=2013 | publication-place=Rochester, New York, USA | oclc=852158554 | isbn=1571138625 | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Companion_to_Australian_Aboriginal_Lit.html?id=NX_2y2UD5-IC}}
*{{cite book | last=Althans | first=Katrin | title=Darkness Subverted: Aboriginal Gothic in Black Australian Literature and Film | series=Representations & Reflections | publisher=V&R unipress GmbH: Bonn University Press | publication-date=2010 | publication-place=Goettingen, Germany | language=English | isbn=3899717686 | oclc=505424133 | url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C794554}}
* {{cite book|title=Citizenship in Dalit and Indigenous Australian Literatures|author-last= Mukherjee|author-first=Riya|date=2024|publisher=Routledge|oclc=1381208006| doi=10.4324/9781003300892|isbn=9781003300892|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Citizenship_in_Dalit_and_Indigenous_Aust.html?id=TYbSEAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description}}
==See also==
{{Portal|Australia|Literature}}
*[[Australian literature]]
*[[List of Indigenous Australian writers]]
*[[:Category:Indigenous Australian writers]]
*[[Contemporary Indigenous Australian art]]
*[[Indigenous music of Australia]]
*[[Tasmanian literature]]
*[[Tasmanian gothic]]
*[[Fijian literature]]
*[[Hawaiian literature]]
*[[New Zealand literature]]
*[[Papua New Guinean literature]]
*[[Samoan literature]]
*[[Tongan literature]]
*[[Indigenous literatures in Canada]]
*[[Native American literature]]
==References==
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