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Journalist & Author of Bestselling series

Red in the Centre

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NEW RELEASE

Darwin longgrassers have been living large since the beginning. 

They come from all over the Territory to camp in the public spaces around town, to catch up with family and friends, attend health and legal matters, dodge the sorcerer, holiday and shop, and drink. Especially drink. And the whitefellas don’t like it. They think they're antisocial and don't belong. So, they try to move them on. For 150 years they’ve been trying to move them on. But the longgrassers won’t go. 

Yet beneath this running battle between the settled and the unsettling lurks a truth about colonisation that is almost Newtonian in style.

This is a story of resilience and denial against outrageous odds, an underdog’s triumph of survival in the modern world, for a people who just won’t go away.  

FEEDBACK FOR LONGGRASSING IN PARADISE 

"Met you and bought Longgrassing today at Parap market.  The book is both what I was looking for, a story of the confronting people I see on my visit from Sydney, and one told with honesty and humour."

 

Christopher Rynd, tourist, UK.

"I’ve been meaning to get in touch to tell you how impressed I was by Longgrassing in Paradise, but life kept getting in the way. It’s a lively, vivid, candid account . . . Thank you for helping me understand a little more of this weird and wonderful world we live in."

 

Janita Cunnington, QLD

 "Longrassing in Paradise is a must read for visitors, locals and anyone looking to understand the complex dynamics and issues facing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people alike living in Australia’s Top End. Monte brings balance, understanding and knowledge to the table through stories from Longrassers themselves, along with anecdotes from other Top End characters, to knit together an entertaining, thoughtful, and enjoyable read."

 

Andrew Taylor – Demographer Charles Darwin University

"I purchased [Longgrassing in Paradise] from you in person - now ashamed I tried to haggle over your price! Just finishing this veritable feast for thought and love the style you use to illuminate the issues you discuss."

 

Paul, Australian traveler

(Don't apologise, Paul - just buy more books! - Monte)

MONTE DWYER

Monte Dwyer is an Australian journalist, TV personality, musician and author, best known as the presenter who pioneered the traveling weatherman blueprint the breakfast shows all use today. He has offered to return to TV and re-invent a new format, but they know he won’t do as he’s told.

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