Emily McCulloch Childs has received a State Library of Victoria Creative Fellowship [02.07.2011]

We are delighted to announce that Emily McCulloch Childs and her father, journalist & author, Kevin Childs have been awarded a State Library of Victoria Creative Fellowship 2011-12 to research their book – ‘Warriors on the Frontier’. It will reveal the little known stories of the Indigenous freedom fighters, resistance leaders, bushrangers and cultural warriors of the Australian frontier, who fought for their people and land in the face of colonisation.

The State Library of Victoria’s 2011-12 Creative Fellowships are awarded to researchers, writers, artists and scholars who will make creative use of the Library’s rich collections over the next year.

Emily & Kevin are delighted to have received their Fellowship.