Elijah Doughty a child of the dreaming, born 14 years ago. Elijah Doughty a child of the dreaming, born as an Aboriginal child; where your people and culture are the oldestcontinuing culture in human history. The birth of a child is special, but the birth of an Aboriginal child even more so. Not only will […]
Author: Eileen Sis Austin
I am a 24 Year Old Gunditjmara woman.
Starting this blog is a step in my healing journey.
I enjoy to write, and I hope that through writing about my journey, I will find my voice and have my story heard.
This blog is based on but not limited to, my recent/ongoing experience of family violence. Currently I am experiencing a lot of 'this time last year' moments, so a lot of my pieces will be reflections of events that occurred last year. I found that I was very silenced and crippled last year, but am now feeling as though I have voice and journey that needs to be heard.
Hope you enjoy :)
Things I Wish Someone Had of Told Me
There are a lot of things I wish someone had of told me, this piece outlines only some of them, I could write a book about all of them, but that is crazy. I need to say that I encourage any person who is experiencing anything I talk about to seek help, my piece is […]
Daylesford – The Place NOT to Be
10 reasons why Daylesford is not the place to be I feel a great need to reveal the intense racism and oppression that is currently thriving within the Hepburn Shire. It is simply unacceptable and I acknowledge that there are hundreds of country towns across this country that are breeding grounds for racism – like […]
The Draining Bath
In April 2017 I sat at my house on Dja Dja Wurrung Country (Hepburn Springs) and felt the need to write about everything I was experiencing at the time. A few months after I wrote the piece below my laptop was stolen in one of the house robberies, (they) went through my laptop and sent this piece of writing around […]
