Indigenous literature and the academy in Australia

10/10/2025 28 min
Indigenous literature and the academy in Australia

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As an academic discipline, Australian literature has been a largely white affair, with the canon of "great Australian authors" dominated by Anglo-European men. Indigenous writers are working to change this, and Australian indigenous literature is flourishing. But how comfortably does it sit within the traditional university structure?