Mavis Kerinaiua

Highly Commended, 2024 Chief Minister's NT History Book Award Shortlisted, 2024 ACT Book of the Year Award Shortlisted, 2024 Ernest Scott Award 'I believe history is for healing. But you need to tell the whole story, the good and the bad. Telling the truth to the younger ones, the next generation, will make them strong.' - Mavis Kerinaiua The Tiwi...

Before the Japanese bombed Darwin in World War II, they attacked my grandfather's Country. Not many people outside the Tiwi Islands know about my people's role in the war. This is the story of one of our war heroes, my grandfather Louie Purraputimali Munkara. Tiwi War Kwampini: Mwarlapwara Kangi Tingati (Tiwi War Hero: Footprints in the Sand) explores his legacy...