A World of One’s Own: Stories of Fearless Women with Paola Balla

How can mockery and humour be used as a tool for survival? How do you write yourself into a history that has always favoured men? In this conversation Tai Snaith and Paola Balla go on a raucous storytelling romp through Paola’s vibrant past, recounting her ‘triple-whammy of Otherness’ as a young Wemba Wemba/Gunditjmara woman, with an Italian dad and a Chinese surname in Echuca/Moama in the '80s. Paola talks about the strong influence of indigenous women’s voices like Aunty Marge Tucker, and the links to the incredibly powerful artwork she continues to make around this to this day. Additional resources: https://www.facebook.com/WARcollective/ https://www.vic.gov.au/aboriginalvictoria/community-engagement/leadership-programs/aboriginal-honour-roll/2013-victorian-aboriginal-honour-roll/margaret-tucker-mbe-c.html http://www.fnawn.com.au/the-bennelong-letter-voice-of-a-wangal-diplomat/ https://www.djukimala.com/ https://www.naidoc.org.au/news/2018-national-naidoc-theme-announced https://www.naidoc.org.au/about/history https://acca.melbourne/exhibition/sovereignty/ http://www.miriamrosefoundation.org.au/about-us/who-miriamrose