Joshua Gilbert
ABOUT
Joshua Gilbert
Josh is a Worimi man with extensive experience across Indigenous affairs, the environmental sector, and sustainable agriculture. In 2025, Josh launched his first book, Australia’s Agricultural Identity: An Aboriginal Yarn. Josh is undertaking a PhD at Charles Sturt University, focused on the concept of Indigenous modernity through agriculture. He was recognised internationally for his work and was announced in the inaugural 50 Next: People Shaping the Future of Gastronomy cohort.
PROGRAM SESSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
The Manly Writers' Festival acknowledges and thanks the original storytellers on the lands on which our events take place, the Gameraygal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing connection and culture, and we pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present, as well as emerging leaders.