What Does An Indigenous Australian Look Like?

What does an Aboriginal person look like?

Do you see dark skin, dark eyes, a broad nose and a painted face?

Today we speak to Tiddas 4 Tiddas host Marlee Silva about what it's like to grow up Indigenous in suburban Australia and why our Tourism Australia view on what an Aboriginal person looks like is not everyone's truth.

CREDITS

Host/Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Elle Beattie

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

Thanks to our special guests 

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If you want to hear more from Marlee, she’s the host of Mamamia’s Tiddas 4 Tiddas podcast . Tiddas means sister and she speaks with a stack of brilliant First Nation women… check it out in your favourite podcast app or find it here https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/tiddas-4-tiddas/ Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.