Lisa Bellear
Lisa Bellear | |
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Born | Melbourne, Victoria | 2 May 1961
Died | 5 July 2006 Melbourne, Victoria | (aged 45)
Nationality | Australian |
Known for | Poetry, Photography |
Lisa (Marie) Bellear (2 May 1961 in
Bellear was adopted into a white family as a baby and was told she had Polynesian heritage.[3] As an adult she explored her Aboriginal roots.[4]
Bellear died unexpectedly at her home in Melbourne. She was 45 years old. She was buried at Mullumbimby cemetery.[2]
Published works and photography
Posthumous poetry collection Aboriginal Country, Ed. Jen Jewel Brown, UWA Publishing, 2018 was chosen as one of the books of the year by poet John Kinsella in Australian Book Review. Bellear wrote Dreaming in Urban Areas (UQP, 1996), a book of poetry which explores the experience of Aboriginal people in contemporary society. She said in an interview with
Other poetry was published in journals and newspapers. She was awarded the
Bellear was a prolific photographer.[6] Her work was exhibited at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and at the Melbourne Museum as part of their millennium celebrations.[7]
Community activities
Bellear was a broadcaster at the community radio station
She was also a founding member of the
Recognition
- In 2008 Bellear was inducted posthumously to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.
- The City of Melbourne in partnership with the Victorian Women's Trust recognised Bellear's life and work in 2018 in naming a laneway in Carlton, Warrior Woman Lane, after her.[10] [11]
- Lisa Bellear House.[12]
References
- ^ "Author Lisa Bellear". The University of Queensland Press. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ a b Brown, Jen Jewel (24 July 2006). "An inspiring, dynamic warrior woman". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ Winkler, Michael (7 July 2004). "Till many voices shake us". Melbourne: The Age, 7 July 2004.
- ^ Roberta Sykes, 'The Stolen Generation', in American Book Review, vol.18 no.4 May–June 1997, pp 8-9.
- ^ Roberta Sykes, op.cit.
- ^ Harmon, Steph (13 July 2016). "Lisa Bellear captures decades of Indigenous Australian protests – in pictures". The Guardian. Guardian Australia. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "Vale Lisa Bellear" Archived 11 June 2009 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
- ^ Birch, Tony (16 March 2021). "Celebrating Warrior Women". IndigenousX. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ Dowse, Nicola. "Warrior Woman Lane turned into a tribute to Lisa Bellear for NAIDOC week". Time Out Melbourne. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "The stories behind our street signs". Herald Sun. 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Warrior Woman lane". www.warriorwomanlane.com. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Lisa Bellear House". Study. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.