Joel Stephen Birnie is an academic, visual artist and filmmaker. Raised predominantly by his Indigenous Tasmanian family, he proudly embraces a multi-ethnic heritage from across the globe. Joel’s creative work has been exhibited in galleries and cinemas across Australia, including in Darwin, Sydney, Adelaide and at the Koori Heritage Trust in Melbourne. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous Studies and a Master of Fine Arts, and in 2019 completed a PhD at Monash, which focused on deconstructing and reconstructing the 150 years of European colonisation in Tasmania from a familial (Indigenous) perspective.
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My People’s Songs
Joel Stephen Birnie
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My People’s Songs
Joel Stephen Birnie
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ANU Meet the Author – Leigh Boucher & Michelle Arrow
Australian National University
Cultural Centre, 153 University Avenue, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Leigh Boucher and Michelle Arrow will be in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on their book, with Barbara Baird and Robert Reynolds, Personal Politics Sexuality, Gender and the Remaking of Citizenship in Australia, an insightful...
Verge 2024: Click Launch
The Alderman
134 Lygon Street, Brunswick East, VIC
In the eighteenth edition of this creative anthology, 26 writers explore consonance and assonance that rattle like a chattering jaw, narratives composed of hyperlinked rabbit-holing, and stories that tick with...
Dave Witty ‘The Lost Children’s Tree’ – Words in Winter Festival
The Lost Childrens Cairn Memorial Reserve
4360 Midland Hwy, Daylesford, VIC
As part of this year’s Words in Winter festival, I will be doing a special talk. I’m telling the story of the three children who went missing in Daylesford in...
ANU Meet the Author – Leigh Boucher & Michelle Arrow
Australian National University Cultural Centre, 153 University Avenue, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaLeigh Boucher and Michelle Arrow will be in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on their book, with Barbara Baird and Robert Reynolds, Personal Politics Sexuality, Gender and the Remaking of Citizenship in Australia, an insightful...
Verge 2024: Click Launch
The Alderman 134 Lygon Street, Brunswick East, VICIn the eighteenth edition of this creative anthology, 26 writers explore consonance and assonance that rattle like a chattering jaw, narratives composed of hyperlinked rabbit-holing, and stories that tick with...
Dave Witty ‘The Lost Children’s Tree’ – Words in Winter Festival
The Lost Childrens Cairn Memorial Reserve 4360 Midland Hwy, Daylesford, VICAs part of this year’s Words in Winter festival, I will be doing a special talk. I’m telling the story of the three children who went missing in Daylesford in...
