Monique Grbec

Monique Grbec is a child of the Stolen Generations living on Bunurong, Wurundjeri Country. She is interested in identity, the generational effects of institutionalisation, and the White Australia Policy. A text based multidisciplinary artist, she is a critic and an emerging producer with Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.