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Samuel Wagan Watson
Contemporary Indigenous Australian poet
Samuel Wagan Watson is a contemporary Indigenous Australian poet.
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Early life and education
Samuel Wagan Watson was born in Brisbane and is of Aboriginal (Munanjali and Birri Gubba), Irish, German, and Dutch descent. His father is novelist and political activist Sam Watson[1] (1952–2019).
He grew up in the Mt Gravatt area of Brisbane, and as a child frequently accompanied his parents to protests.[2] He enjoyed rock music, particularly Janis Joplin and the Doobie Brothers, and aspired to be a rock musician.[3]
Watson lived in the Sunshine Coast area for a while,[1] and early jobs included as salesman, film technician, and law clerk for the 1987 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.[2] Watson moved back to Brisbane when he started writing as a career.[1]
Writing career
Watson wrote short stories, but changed focus to poetry, inspired by
