{"id":957,"date":"2021-08-25T11:23:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T01:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/?p=957"},"modified":"2022-06-15T11:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T01:46:27","slug":"heroes-rebels-and-innovators-inspiring-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-from-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/?p=957","title":{"rendered":"Heroes, Rebels and Innovators : Inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"984\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Heroes-Rebels-and-Innovators-xxx-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Heroes-Rebels-and-Innovators-xxx-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Heroes-Rebels-and-Innovators-xxx-1-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Heroes-Rebels-and-Innovators-xxx-1-768x840.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Heroes, Rebels and Innovators: Inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People from History<\/em> by Karen Wyld and illustrated by Jaelyn Biumaiwai contains seven powerful and engaging stories about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women from the early contact era. Each story is told in two parts. The first is lyrical (written in verses, consisting of four lines per verse) and brings each story to life as it is an imagining of each person\u2019s story (based on research) and the second part &nbsp;unpacks the factual information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These are stories about courage, sharing Indigenous knowledge, resilience, tenacity, displays of human strength of mind and body, defying the odds through sheer determination, selflessness, innovators and inventiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Wyld mentions in the Author\u2019s Notes at the back of the book that as well as consulting archival material she also liaised with communities and organisations to corroborate the sources. Any information that had a question of accuracy was not included. 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