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As a writer, poet, visual artist, academic and social commentator, Lisa Bellear and her distinctive voice is known across Koori, white Australian and migrant communities.
Selected published poems:
1994
- Flying: Bookies, International Feminist Writers 6th International Feminist Bookfair, compiled by Sandy Jeffs and Natasha Taylor, produced by D.W.Thorpe; Mr Don't Scratch My Rolex.
- V.LC.E., Victorian Inter Campus Edition; Feelings.
- Weddings & Wives, Edited by Dale Spender, Penguin Books; Chops 'n Things.
- Austalien Der Frauen, Susan Howthorne/Renate Klein (hg. innen), Reise & Kultur, Frauenoffensive, Germany; Chops 'n Things.
- Australia for Women, edited by Susan Hawthorn & Renate Klein, Spinifex Press; Chops'n Things.
- Out Loud, Lesbian & feminist art news; White Man Approval.
- Australian Short Stories, No 46; "Mother in Law".
- Australian Multicultural Book Review, Vo1.2 1994; "Aboriginal Country", "Cross Through My Heart", Spiritual Ruin".
- Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association, No 3 1994; "Breathalyser", White Man Approval, "Justice"
- Southerly, No 1 1994, "Old Farmers Die".
1993
- Indigenous Women Community Education Conference Report, October 1993, Yoroke Women's Club, University of Melbourne; White Man Approval, "Justice".
- Stet Australian Writing & Writers, No 2 1993; "Wind".
- Koori Times, The Melbourne Koori News Magazine, No 1 1993; "Taxi", "Hate Fuelled with Kerosene".
- Australian Women's Book Review, Vol. 5.4 1993; Mr Don't Scratch My Rolex, "Tanna Man".
- Ngariaty Kooris Talkin (magazine) La Trobe University i 993; "Tanna Man", "The Promise", White Man Approval.
- Varuna Newletter, No 16 July -September, Katoomba; "Taxi".
1992
- Perserverance Poets Collection, 1991-92; "Chops " Things", "White Man Approval", "Christmas in Cuba".
- Hecate, Vol. 18 No. 1, "Numbers and Crunching", "Fashion Statement".
- Second Degree Tampering, Sybylla Press; "Fashion Statement", "Women's Liberation", "Package My Spirit".
1975 -1991
- Refactory Girl, Issue 38, March 1991; White Man Approval.
- On the Jnside Looking Out, Sacred Heart College; "What's Gonna Happen to Me", "The Reback Song".
Poetry Readings
1994
- 6th International Feminist Book Fair; Warana Writers Week; Williamstown Summer Festival; The Boite World Music Inc, Koori Kafe (as host and reading); Brunswick Festival; Brunswick Koori Arts Festival; The Ionian Club; Adelaide Visual Arts Week (co-launched Tudwalli Film Award and reading); Melbourne Fringe Festival; Northcote Library; Victorian Writers' Centre.
1993
- 'Varuna" Writers Centre, Katoomba; University of QLD, Network of Women Students Assoc; University of Melbourne, English Dept (lecture and reading); Perservernace Hotel, Fitroy; Feminist Cultural Studies Conference, University of Melbourne; Corss Cultural Awareness Program, University of Melbourne; Indigenous Women & Community Education Conference, Uni of Melbourne; Creative Visualisation Work with Eve Johnson, Barrota, South Australia; Space of Poetry National Conference, Uni of Melbourne (lecture and poetry); Monsalvat National Poetry Festival.
Qualifications
1994/95 - Master ofArts (Women's Studies) to be completed 1995.
1993 - Graduate Diploma in Arts (Women's Studies), University ofMelboume.
1986 - Bachelor of Social Work, University of Melbourne (first Koori Graduate).
Teaching/Tutoring
199... - Bachelor of Social Work, University of Melbourne, "Intorduction to the Victorian Koori Community" - designed single semester course.
199...- Bachelor of Social Work, RMIT, "Introduction to Social Work Practice within the Victroian Koori Community" - designed single semester course.
199..-199....- Bachelor of Arts History, University of Melboume, "Aboriginal and Koori History" - co-designed single semester course and tutored.
] 99... University of Washington, Seattle, "Contemporary Indigenous Political Movements - a comparison between Australia, North America and Canada" designed single term course.
199..- 199... - Family and Community Studies, Swinburen University of Tecnology, "Home & Community Studies - Koori Students" -designed single semester course and taught.

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