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Thomas Mayor

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Darwin, Australia

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Thomas Mayor is a Torres Strait Islander man born on Larrakia country in Darwin. As an Islander growing up on the mainland, he learned to hunt traditional foods with his father and to island dance from the Darwin community of Torres Strait Islanders. In high school, Thomas’s English teacher suggested he should become a writer. He didn’t think then that he would become one of the first ever Torres Strait Islander authors to have a book published for the general trade.

Instead, he became a wharf labourer from the age of seventeen, until he became a union official for the Maritime Union of Australia in his early thirties. Quietly spoken in character, Thomas found his voice on the wharves. As he gained the skills of negotiation and organising i ...more

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	Finding the Heart of the Nation - The Journey of the Uluru Statement towards Voice, Treaty and Truth by Thomas Mayor, Thomas Mayo 4.40 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Son: Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons 4.52 avg rating — 125 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Our Heart: A Story About the Uluru Statement for Young Australians by Thomas Mayor, Blak Douglas (Illustrator) 4.55 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom Day: Vincent Lingiari and the Story of the Wave Hill Walk-Off by Rosie Smiler, Thomas Mayor, Samantha Campbell 4.33 avg rating — 42 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding the Heart of the Nation 2nd edition: The Journey of the Uluru Statement from the Heart Continues by Thomas Mayo, Thomas Mayor 4.45 avg rating — 31 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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