Dr Jackie Huggins AM is Bidjara and Biri Gubba Juru from Queensland and an historian and author. She has worked in Aboriginal affairs for over four decades and began writing in the 1980s. In 2022, her two books SISTER GIRL and JACK OF HEARTS were published. This year, her 30th anniversary of her mother's biography, AUNTIE RITA, will be published.
Newcastle Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the festival takes place, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend this respect to all First Nations people attending our festival.
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