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Jesse Hodgetts

Jesse Hodgetts is Wangaaypuwan Ngiyampaa and Wiradjuri man whose ancestral Country is amongst the Buugan (Bogan) and Wambuul (Macquarie) rivers of Central and Western NSW.

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Jesse Hodgetts is Wangaaypuwan Ngiyampaa and Wiradjuri man whose ancestral Country is amongst the Buugan (Bogan) and Wambuul (Macquarie) rivers of Central and Western NSW.

Jesse’s research focuses on First Nations Cultural revitalisation and the continuation of our Knowledge Systems and ways of being in today’s world, particularly through the practice of Songlines, Language, and Kinship. He is nearing the completion of a PhD titled “Marrabiyan Guthi Girrmara (Old Songs Waking Up): Reawakening Archived Wangaaypuwan and Wiradjuri songs to inform our Culture, Language and Identity”.

Jesse is an experienced educator, singer, musician, and cultural practitioner. He carries these skills and experiences into academia to share our Cultural ways of being with non-Indigenous scholars and teachers, as well as to repatriate Indigenous Knowledge to our Communities to support Cultural revitalisation and continuation today. 

Jesse Hodgetts

Festival Events

Newcastle Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the festival takes place, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend this respect to all First Nations people attending our festival.

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