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The story of the Papunya Literature Production Centre
"There's a saying, 'flood the place with literature', which is exactly what they did," sociologist Professor Vivien Johnson, who worked to digitise the collection, said. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/art-created-for-papunya-reading-program-goes-on-display/106525266"And the quality of these books and the artwork and the stories is quite extraordinary.
"[It] reflects something about this particular era where Aboriginal people, because of the Land Rights legislation and the temper of the times, thought that they were able to take control their lives and their children's education."