Themes: Aboriginality, identity, kinship, culture, country, Australian history, racism publisher's -- web site.

Introduction / Anita Heiss -- Two tiddas / Susie and Alice Anderson -- Finding ways home / Evlyn Araluen -- It's not over / Bebe Backhouse -- My story / Alicia Bates -- Dear Australia / Don Bemrose -- My father has a story / Tony Birch -- Murri + Migloo = Meeks Mob / Norleen Brinkworth -- Easter, 1969 / Katie Bryan -- So much still pending / Deborah Cheetham -- 'This is Nat, she's Abo' / Natalie Cromb -- Thanks for the childhood travels / Karen Davis -- Growing up beige / Ian Dudley -- Yuya Karraburra / Alice Eather -- White bread dreaming / Shannon Foster -- There are no halves / Jason Goninan -- The sporting life / Adam Goodes -- A Tasmanian Toomelah tiger / Jodi Haines -- I remember / John Hartley -- The streets of my youth / Terri Janke -- What it's like / Keira Jenkins -- My life's voyage / Patrick Johnson -- Red dust kids / Scott Kennedy -- December 21 / Sharon Kingaby -- Growing up, grow up, grown-ups / Ambelin Kwaymullina -- Far enough away to be on my way back home / Jack Latimore -- Black bum / Celeste Liddle -- Recognised / Mathew Lyllyst -- Just a young girl / Taryn Little -- Stranger danger / Amy McQuire -- Grey / Melanie Mununggurr-Williams -- Different times / Doreen Nelson -- When did you first realise you were Aboriginal? / Sharon Payne -- 'Abo Nose' / Zachary Penrith-Puchalski -- Too white to be black, too black to be white . . . / Carol Pettersen -- Living between two knowledge systems / Todd Phillips -- The little town on the railway track / Kerry Reed-Gilbert -- A story from my life / William Russell -- Cronulla to Papuny / Marlee Silva -- Letterbox-gate / Liza-Mare Syron -- From Marree to the city / Frank Szekely -- Nobody puts Baby Spice in a corner / Miranda Tapsell -- Daredevil days / Jared Thomas -- Finding my belonging / Ceane G. Towers -- My childhood / Aileen Walsh -- Life lessons, or something like them / Shahni Wellington -- It's too hot / Alexis West -- Aboriginemo / Alison Whittaker -- Split affinity / John Williams-Mozley -- First, second, third, fourth / Tara June Winch -- The Aboriginal equation / Tamika Worrell -- Notes on Contributors

What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question. Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile identities sit alongside those from newly discovered writers of all ages. All of the contributors speak from the heart - sometimes calling for empathy, oftentimes challenging stereotypes, always demanding respect.This groundbreaking collection will enlighten, inspire and educate about the lives of Aboriginal people in Australia today.