Getting Dusty NSW With the support of Gapuwiyak

With the support of Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts Kylie developed the story with her mother and grandmother about the country

her family and her community

He was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and spent much of the war on the notorious Burma-Thailand railway

2023 KARAJIA AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Rosie and her mum slowly wind their way through Wonghi country

Getting Dusty NSW With the support of GapuwiyakSHORTLISTED, 2026 SPEECH PATHOLOGY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CHILDREN'S BOOK SHORTLISTED, 2025 CHILDREN'S PEACE LITERATURE AWARD WINNER OF THE DAISY UTEMORRAH AWARD Getting Dusty is the much anticipated sequel to Jared Thomas CBCA longlisted junior fiction, Uncle Xbox (2023). When Dusty bloodies his bullys nose in a soccer tournament, he finds himself grounded for a week. Feeling this is unfair, Dusty gets upset