Refugia NSW 2010 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS

2010 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS

Goorramindi the Crocodile honours the memory of Quinlan’s Jaja (Grandfather) Isaac Cherel known to many as Goorramindi

and then turning to alcohol after the death of his baby son

born and raised in Kempsey NSW

Refugia NSW 2010 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDSHIGHLY COMMENDED, 2025 ACT LITERARY AWARDS, POETRY SHORTLISTED, 2025 NSW LITERARY AWARDS, INDIGENOUS WRITERS' PRIZE SHORTLISTED, 2025 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS, INDIGENOUS WRITING LONGLISTED, 2025 ALS GOLD MEDAL Refugia is an unparalleled work of vision and political fury from Noongar and Yawuru poet and scholar Elfie Shiosaki. Inspired by the beeliar (Swan River) and the NASA James Webb Space Telescopes first year of science, this