Lynn Webber

A descendant of Irish immigrants, Lynn was born in Kaurna country Adelaide, South Australia. She has completed two books and an ebook (Keny Djena) by working and writing collaboratively. 'Not Dead Yet Just Meditating' was a book she completed with her friend Sonia Bednar and 'Present Tense People' was completed with five young First Nations Australians. Keny Djena was completed in a collaborative partnership with a Nyoongar Elder, his daughter and a First Nations Artist.

She began her career as a secondary history teacher but after stumbling across a ‘truth-telling’ resource one day in her school library, she painfully realised that after sixteen years of education, she knew nothing about First Nations history. This realisation sent her back to university for further study and work as a university lecturer in the First Nations Yunggorendi and Uniapon units.

With this groundwork behind her, a family move to Whadjuk Nyoongar country in Perth led her into education support roles for First Nations secondary and university students. She also worked as a casual teacher in a juvenile detention centre during this time.

Lynn now lives in Boorloo, Perth Australia where she is working on a new book about her Irish ancestors' family story.