Brown, Kim Scott and Hazel

Kim Scott is a descendant of people living along the south coast of Western Australia prior to colonisation, and is proud to be one among those who call themselves Noongar. His writing has won numerous awards and prizes, including two Miles Franklin Literary Awards. Kim’s novels include True Country, Benang: from the heart and That Deadman Dance. He is currently Professor of Writing at Curtin University in Western Australia. Hazel Brown is the senior elder of a large, extended Noongar family. She has worked as a rural labourer, was a member of Western Australia’s first Metropolitan Commission of Elders, and is a registered Native Title claimant over part of the south coast of Western Australia.;