Author: Celeste Liddle

Celeste Liddle is an Arrernte woman living in Melbourne, Australia. She is an activist, opinion writer, trade unionist, and public speaker whose work has been published in The Guardian, New Matilda, Daily Life and Tracker Magazine. Liddle's writings have additionally been featured in Black Inc's "Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia" and Pan McMillan's "Mothers and Others", amongst others.

September 27, 2018 — 10 minute read

Blazing a trail: Peris, Burney and the legacy of the first Indigenous women in Australian parliament

For the majority of Australian parliamentary history, the corridors of power have been hostile territory for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.