Anita Heiss

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Dr.
Anita Heiss
Heiss in 2017
Born
Anita Marianne Heiss

1968 (age 55–56)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales, Western Sydney University
Occupation(s)Author, presenter, commentator
Years active2000–present
Anita Heiss's voice
In Wiradjuri and English. Recorded 4 December 2018
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Anita Marianne Heiss (born 1968) is an Aboriginal Australian author, poet, cultural activist and social commentator.

Early life and education

Heiss was born in Sydney in 1968, and is a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New South Wales. Her mother, Elsie Williams, was born at Erambie Mission, Cowra in Wiradjuri country, while her father, Josef Heiss, was born in St Michael in the Lungau, Salzburg, Austria.[1]

Heiss was educated at St Clare's College, Waverley, then at the University of New South Wales, where she completed her Bachelor of Arts in History (Honours) in 1991.[citation needed] She gained her PhD in Communication and Media at the University of Western Sydney in 2000, becoming the first Aboriginal student at the university to achieve this, which she considers her proudest achievement.[2]

Academic and writing career

Heiss is known as an author, poet, cultural activist and social commentator.[3] Her work spans non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women's fiction, poetry, social commentary and travel articles.[4] She is an advocate for Indigenous Australian literature and literacy, through her writing for adults and children and her membership of boards and committees.

Since 2000 Heiss has undertaken writers-in-residence positions at Macquarie University, Sydney, and throughout NSW.

She was Deputy-Director at Warawara Department of Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University; Communications Advisor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts; and consultant researcher / writer for the Aboriginal History website at the City of Sydney.

In 2011 she was Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney, attached to the Badanami Centre for Indigenous Education.[3] She was Adjunct Professor at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning (now Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research[5]) at the University of Technology, Sydney,[6] from 2012 to at least 2014.[7]

Present

As of 2021, Heiss is Professor of Communications at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queensland.[8]

Other roles

In 2011 Heiss was a board member for the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy, and an ambassador for Indigenous Literacy Day and for the Books in Homes program.[3] She has been an advocate for the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence,[9][1] a social enterprise in Sydney.[10] In 2015 Heiss became an ambassador for the Worawa Aboriginal College.[11][12]

Heiss was appointed to the State Library of Queensland board in 2017.[13] As of 2021 she is not on the board, but a member of the Indigenous Advisory Group, an independent advisory group to the Library Board.[14]

Heiss is Ambassador of the GO Foundation (founded by Adam Goodes, Michael O'Loughlin and James Gallichan)[15]; and the Sydney Swans Australian rules football club.[1]

She also runs her own communications business, Curringa Communications.[16]

Awards, fellowships and grants

Selected works

Non-fiction

  • Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (editor) (Black Inc, 2018) ISBN 9781863959810
  • Am I Black Enough For You (Random House, 2012) ISBN 9781742751924
  • Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature edited Anita Heiss and Peter Minter (Allen & Unwin Sydney 2008) ISBN 978 1 74175 438 4
  • Dhuuluu-yala, To Talk Straight: Publishing indigenous literature (Aboriginal Studies Press, 2003) ISBN 0-85575-444-3

Novels

Children's literature

Poetry

Humour

As editor

References

  1. ^ a b c Heiss, Anita. "Welcome to Anita Heiss online!". Anita Heiss. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Anita Heiss. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Anita Heiss". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Anita Heiss". Reading Australia. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  6. ^ "New books by UTS Authors | UTS Library - University of Technology Sydney". UTS Library. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  7. ^ "UTS Calendar 2014" (Document). University of Technology Sydney. December 2013. p. 24. {{cite document}}: Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help)
  8. ^ "Dr Anita Heiss". University of Queensland. School of Communication and Arts. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Beagle Bay students' week at The NCIE". National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  10. ^ "About". National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Dr Anita Heiss Our Newest Ambassador". Worawa Aboriginal College. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  12. ^ Note: Not listed on the school's Ambassadors web page as of Feb 2021.
  13. ^ "Media Statements". Queensland Government. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Indigenous Advisory Group". State Library Of Queensland. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  15. ^ "People". GO Foundation. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  16. ^ "ABN Lookup". Australian Business Register. Australian Government. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  17. ^ "City of Sydney's Barani Website wins prestigious NSW Premier's History Awards in the audio/visual category". City of Sydney. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  18. ^ "ASA Medal". Australian Society of Authors. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  19. ^ "The ASA Medal". Australian Society of Authors. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  20. ^ "Anita Heiss Wins Deadly Award". Copyright Agency. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  21. ^ "2007 Winners". Deadly Vibe. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Deadlys 2008 Winners Announced!". 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  23. ^ "2010 Deadly Awards | The Deadlys®". Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  24. ^ "17th Deadlys Winner Profiles" (PDF). Deadly Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  25. ^ "Nominees for the 25th Human Rights Awards announced (2012 Media Release) | Australian Human Rights Commission". www.humanrights.gov.au. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  26. ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing: Winner and Shortlist Announced". Wheeler Centre. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.

External links

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