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Melbourne // Southern Africa: A Series of Stories

Melbourne // Southern Africa: A Series of Stories

October 7, 2019
by Tembi Tlhabane
Africa Yarns, Australia Yarns, Yarns

April 2007 In 1994 in Melbourne, Australia, my dad sat in peace. He had marched and fought, and now could return to the country he’d…

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An Open Letter to the Parents I Left Behind

An Open Letter to the Parents I Left Behind

May 25, 2018
by Chloe Giacca
Features

Dear Mum and Dad, Let me begin this by being profound: this is not an apology. In a bid to try and live my life…

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Travelling With My Dead Grandmother

Travelling With My Dead Grandmother

April 16, 2018
by Lachie Parry
Yarns

I’ve never been very good at following traditions. I don’t have any annual family meetups, Saturdays are almost never for the boys and I can’t…

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Let Me Come Home

Let Me Come Home

August 3, 2017
by Maddie Cochran
Yarns

I walked hysterically through the departure gates, trying to comprehend how I would spend the next three months away from family on my first long…

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First Generation Guilt

First Generation Guilt

March 14, 2017
by Hosna Eqbal
Yarns

It was my sister’s 14th birthday party when I first realised how naive my parents were. Henna ran upstairs wiping mascara-coloured tears with the back…

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An Unlikely Travel Companion

An Unlikely Travel Companion

February 28, 2017
by Eva Davis-Boermans
Yarns

The trip was my idea. I actually had to convince him to come. But now the warnings were flowing in thick and fast from everyone…

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Indiots Abroad

Indiots Abroad

May 1, 2015
by Jennifer Rickward
Yarns

A holiday with my brothers on the other side of the world as part of a sibling bonding experience was always destined to be similar…

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