Author: Adam Ford

Central Victoria Indigenous Film Festival – “Contact” to Screen at Yandoit Cultural

The Central Victorian Indigenous Film Festival runs from Tuesday, May 27 to Tuesday, June 3 2025 as part of Reconciliation Week. Award winning film “Contact”, to screen at Yandoit Cultural, is constructed around one of the most extraordinary pieces of footage in Australian history: the moment when a group of Martu women and children walked in from their nomadic existence of millennia into the universe of European modernity.

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Paradise Bookshop’s Review Crew- May Book Reviews

Now that school is back, the Paradise Books Review Crew is back at work reviewing books for young readers. The Review Crew is a monthly free program run by Devon at Paradise Bookshop for local kids aged 10–15 years old. They meet after school on the last Monday of every month to read and review new books and help curate the Young Adult and Junior Fiction shelves.

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A Thought About Old Age

Old age is a queer way of being. It’s an event for which you don’t get time to practice. It takes years to get old and when you get there, it’s a bummer. You cannot plan for it. But you can prepare for it by taking a stand. Petrus Spronk offers some advice on getting old.

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