Award-winning children's author Dr Jared Thomas will be celebrating Indigenous Literacy Day knowing that his novels are bringing valuable First Nations culture and language to the minds of young people. As a child growing up, the now UniSA Research Fellow who is one of Australia's leading authors of Aboriginal children's and young adult literature, never saw his own culture reflected on the pages of the books he read. The Nukunu man from the Southern Flinders Ranges did, however, soak in the wisdoms of his family members who told dreaming stories and shared precious histories.

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