Lynette Russell Lynette Russell grew up in a working class outer-Melbourne suburb, where her keen interest in social justice was forged. She trained as an archaeologist before shifting her research interests to focus on history and sociology. Wile at Melbourne university, she began to investigate her own heritage, pursuing the secret family history that she reveals in A Little Bird Told Me.

Russell has worked in various Aboriginal organisations, including the Victorian Native Title Unit and Deakin University's Institute of Koorie Education. She has published widely, and is the author of Savage Imaginings (2001).

Currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies at Monash University, Lynette Russell is committed to reconciliation and the history-education of white Australia, social justice and above all, the success of the Essendon Football Team. Read More Read Less