Tony Birch

Title

Tony Birch

Rights

Image used with permission, all rights remain with the author.

Birth Date

1957

Birthplace

Narm, Melbourne, Australia

Primary Sources

Birch, T. (2023). Women & Children. University of Queensland Press. https://www.uqp.com.au/books/women-children

Birch, T. (2021). Dark as last night. University of Queensland Press.

Birch, T. (2021). Whisper songs. University of Queensland Press.

Birch, T. (2019). 'There is no axe': Identity, story and a sombrero. Meanjin. Accessed August 23, 2022, 
https://meanjin.com.au/essays/there-is-no-axe-identity-story-and-a-sombrero/.

Birch, T., & Sefton-Rowston, A. (2017). ‘You’ll be great, but only if you work your arse off’: An interview with Tony Birch. Overland. Accessed August 23, 2022
https://overland.org.au/2017/03/youll-be-great-but-only-if-you-work-your-arse-off-an-interview-with-tony-birch/

Birch, T. (2007). ‘The invisible fire’: Indigenous sovereignty, history and responsibility. In A. Moreton-Robinson (Eds.), Sovereign subjects: Indigenous sovereignty matters. Allen & Unwin. 
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003117353-11/invisible-fire-indigenous-sovereignty-history-responsibility-tony-birch

Birch, T. (2003). ‘Nothing has changed’: the making and unmaking of Koori Culture. In I. Anderson, M. Grossman, M. Langton & A. Moreton-Robinson (Eds.), Blacklines: Contemporary critical writing by Indigenous Australians (pp. 143–154). Carlton: Melbourne University Press.

Secondary Sources

Masel, C., & Ryan, M. (2016). Place, History and Story: Tony Birch and the Yarra River. Australian Literary Studies, 31(2).
https://doi.org/10.20314/als.00776e89d0

Extra Resources

Birch, T. (2024, April 24)  Counter-narratives from the colonial archive: Tony Birch on the writing of Kim Scott (theconversation.com)  The Converstation

Brasch, N. & Birch, T. (2017). Tony Birch, The Garret: Writers on writers podcast, episode 10. March 16, Accessed August 23, 2022.
https://thegarretpodcast.com/tony-birch/

Collection

Citation

“Tony Birch,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed September 12, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/99.

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