One poem or story is chosen from each country of the Commonwealth.
The UK-based Commonwealth Education Trust (CET) chose Dan Davis' poem Mookari to represent Australia in its 125th anniversary anthology. Your Way - Our Way - The Truth, Zelda Quakawoot, QLDĭan with his published poem.Why We Don't Celebrate Australia Day, Dan Davis, Central QLD.Whence You Come From, Julie Saunders, St George, QLD.What Becomes Of Us Now, Dan Davis, Central QLD.Walk to the Future, Nola Gregory, Geraldton, WA.Unspoken, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.Together We Go Hand In Hand, Sharon Roebourne, WA.To Fight Another Day, Michael Thompson, NT.This Old Bloodwood, Samuel McKechnie, NSW.The Mascots of Hope, Zelda Quakawoot, QLD.The listed servitude of roots, Curly, QLD.The Light That Remains, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.The Keeper, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.The Heart Of Auss, John M Wenitong, QLD.The First Australians, Troy Hopkins, QLD.The Conversation, Dan Davis, Central QLD.The Constitutional Rose, Zelda Quakawoot, QLD.The Bad Man, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.The Aboriginal Soldier, Sandra Gaal Hayman, NSW.Spirit and Belief, Bradley Flanders, NSW.Self Education Political Conscience, Justin Walker, ACT.Saltwater Mourning, Samuel McKechnie, NSW.Roots of a Woman, Julie Saunders, St George, QLD.Rise of the Crow, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.Please Stop The Violence, Sharon Roebourne, WA.Pass It On, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.Our Light, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.Our Day, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.Ode to John Pat, Dan Davis, Central QLD.Not Forgotten, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.Nice, Nice, Maybe?, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.My Want Then and Today, B Robertson, NSW.My Right To Live, Landon Punch, Roebourne, WA.My Mother The Land, Phill Moncrieff, WA.Moonthanguddi, Dan Davis, Central QLD – With audio.Mookari, Dan Davis, Central QLD – With audio.Meaning of First Nations’ Peoples - Australia Day Thought, Zelda Quakawoot, QLD.Life of Sharon Roebourne, Sharon Roebourne, WA.Letter to the Future, Dan Davis, Central QLD.Respect is a seed to a nation., Samara Ingram Kinchela (The Stolen Kids), Paul Buttigieg.Just Another Drunk Black?, Colleen Kitchener, NSW.I've been told to get a life, Nikki McCartney, South Coast, NSW.Indigenous All Stars, Zelda Quakawoot, QLD.In a House Down The Street, Nola Gregory, WA.If it Wasn't for the Footprints, Zelda Quakawoot, QLD.Ice, ice, baby, Nikki McCartney, South Coast, NSW.
I Am Different, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.Galiny Bulmba (Come to my place), K L Burns, NSW.From Where I Stand, Sandra Gaal Hayman, NSW.From The Oceans To The Dusts, Zelda Quakawoot, QLD.First, “Look Back In Time”, Nola Gregory, WA.Blood Soil, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.Australia's Silenced History, Nola Gregory, WA.Always Was, Always Will Be, Michele "Mickey" Hetherington, NSW.Always Told I Was A White Girl, Tara Shannon, NSW.All Walks Of Life, Sharon Roebourne, WA.A Right To Be Heard, Zelda Quakawoot, QLD.Maybe someone discovers your talent just like Dan's (see box below) or Coralie's poem 'No Disgrace' which was published in an Australian school textbook. Do you write poetry? Are you of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent? I'd love to publish your writing.