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Our Vision & Purpose

To inspire and empower Indigenous people to share their stories. To celebrate the talent and diversity of Australian Indigenous voices through the publication of quality literature.

Spreading Seeds

Magabala is the Nyul Nyul, Nyangumarta, Karajarri and Yawuru traditional language word for the bush banana, which grows in the Kimberley. Best collected during or just after the wet season (December to March), every part of the fruit can be eaten. Later the fruit hardens and dries in preparation for the dispersal of its many seeds.