Born 1957 · Australia
Miles Franklin 2018 · Shortlist
Taboo
Kim Scott · 60 when first published
Novel · 287 pages · Historical, Politics
AI-generated summary:Invited by an elderly white farmer, a group of Noongar people return to a taboo place in the south-west of Western Australia: the site on his family's land where their ancestors were massacred.
Miles Franklin 2011 · Winner
That Deadman Dance
Kim Scott · 53 when first published
Novel · 400 pages · Historical
AI-generated summary:In the early 1800s, where Western Australia meets the Southern Ocean, a quick-witted young Noongar man befriends the first British settlers and American whalers, until the friendly frontier begins to turn hostile.
Miles Franklin 2000 · Winner
Benang
Kim Scott · 42 when first published
Novel · 500 pages · Historical, Family
AI-generated summary:In Western Australia, Harley, a young Indigenous man meant to be the success of his white grandfather's plan to breed the 'first white man born', would rather fail, and sets out to recover the family history he was raised to ignore.