Richard Fidler

Dundalee was the last person publicly executed in Queensland.

I grew up here, never heard of him.

My sense is that white Australia is maybe caught up with that concept, but the extent of violence that was on the frontier is something that is still not really filtered through more widely.

Eden Glassie swaps, as I mentioned, between these two time periods, between the mid-19th century and now.

Is that kind of how you walk through the world, Melissa, that sort of double historical view?

This is your seventh book, Eden Glassie.

Give me a sense about what was going on in your own life as you were writing this book.

Yeah.

When in your own life, Melissa, did you start learning about your Guri identity?

What was that conversation like?

Melissa, you were saying that it was when you were 14 that your mum started sharing your Goori heritage with you.

Why wasn't that something that she had spoken to you about before?

How many sheds were there up around your place, Melissa?

Tell me about you and horses.

When did you first fall in love with them?

When did you start riding then?

Any unsuspecting horse.

You mentioned that your parents hadn't had much formal education.

Your mum had had to leave school when she was still young.

What kind of value did she place on you getting that kind of formal schooling?