Thomas Mayo
Essays by Thomas Mayo
A dream that cannot be denied - On the road to Freedom Day. Published online by Griffith Review 2020
When the heart speaks - Learning the language of listening in Australia.
Published in Griffith Review 70, Generosities of Spirit, 2020
Time to heal: Uluru healing the people and the land.
Published in What Happens Next, Reconstructing Australia after COVID-19, 2020
Where truths collide - Challenging Australia’s shaky foundations. Published in Griffith Review 76, Acts of Reckoning, 2022
Understanding the Uluru Statement: Taking the invitation to the people through the classrooms
Journal of Professional Learning, 2022
The opening chapters in:
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Ashley Hay (editor), Generosities of Spirit, Griffith Review 70, 2020
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Ashley Hay (editor) with Teela Reid (curator), Acts of Reckoning, Griffith Review 76, 2022
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Emma Dawson, Janet McCalman (editors), What Happens Next? Reconstructing Australia after COVID-19, MUP, Melbourne, 2020
Articles by Thomas Mayo
2024
Labor risks repeating Coalition mistakes on Indigenous disadvantage, Thomas Mayo warns |
The Guardian, Feb 8, 2024
2023
A Measured Voice for Change Must Now Learn To Follow Defeat
by Thomas Mayo, New York Times, December 2023
Analysis: The movement that follows the Voice
by Thomas Mayo, The Saturday Paper, October 2023
2022
Our people have never enjoyed a vantage point quite like this: The Uluru Statement five years on |
Sydney Morning Herald, May 2022
Adam Bandt needs to Google the Uluru Statement from the Heart |
Crikey, April 2022
The answer to Australia Day is already right in front of us |
The Age / Sydney Morning Herald, January 2022
2021
History shows why clean energy must be done differently for First Nations people |
Canberra Times, November 2021
I write while my chidren steal cars and rob houses: the awful human costs of racist stereotypes |
The Guardian, November 2021
Raising our Voice: It's time to demand constitutional recognition |
Crikey, March 2021
How we resolve the Australia Day date debate |
Junkee, January 2021
2020
Uluru Statement, the campaign of our lifetimes |
National Indigenous Times, May 2020
There is no power and authority for us in the status quo |
Indigenous X, February 202o
2019
Lessons from Vincent Lingiari: a Voice is worth fighting for |
The Age/ The Sydney Morning Herald, August 2019
The Voice is our movement, it does not belong to the politicians |
SBS Online, July 2019
2018
Getting the people behind the Uluru Statement |
The Saturday Paper, October 2018
Constitutional reform: A line was drawn in the red sand at Uluru |
SBS Online, April 2018
We won't give up on the Uluru Statement |
Indigenous X, March 2018
Articles featuring Thomas Mayo
2022
Thomas Mayo visits Launceston Preparatory school for Reconciliation Week
by Satria Dyer-Darmawan, June 2022
2021
Loving ourselves is an act of defiance: Tender and heartbreaking letters from fathers and son
a book review by Paul Daley about ‘Dear Son’, September 2021
Why these First Nations men are writing letters to their sons
a book review by Jennifer Johnston about Dear Son, September 2021
2019
The Uluru Statement’s incredible 18-month journey across Australia.
a feature piece by Helen Pitt, 2019
Indigenous Activist Thomas Mayo’s clear statement.
a feature piece by Kate Hennessy, 2019
Our activism was missing something: The man who lugged the Uluru Statement across Australia
a book review by Jeff Sparrow about ‘Finding the Heart of the Nation’ | The Guardian, October 2019
2018
Labor’s republic plan described as a slap in the face for Indigenous Australians
by Lorena Allam | The Guardian, November 2018
Thomas raises awareness about the Uluru Statement
by Lisa Tisdell | Port News, 2018