Upon opening paper 1 of the Higher School Certificate on Monday, students were faced with an analytical question on Indigenous writer Ellen van Neerven's poem Mango. The work, found in the book ...

HSC students were asked to analyse Indigenous poet Ellen van Neerven's poem 'Mango' in an English exam earlier this week. Many criticised and abused the author via social media afterwards.

Students are publicly — and proudly — posting the abuse to award-winning indigenous author Ellen van Neerven. They were asked to analyse her poem “Mango” on Monday in English Paper One.

Author Ellen van Neerven is a multiple award-winning poet ... LEAKED IMAGE OF THE AUTHOR OF ‘MANGO’. “I had no clue she was indigenous and if I did I understand the connotations of monkeys ...

some outgoing year 12 students could be found making memes of chimpanzees on typewriters and recording threatening "diss tracks" directed at poet Ellen van Neerven, whose poem Mango appeared in ...

Ellen van Neerven also received messages asking her to explain her poem Mango from the book Comfort Food after students sitting the HSC English exam on Monday were asked to analyse the work.

“I’ve taught kids with no education in juvenile detention who barely get to high school who have more consideration for other people than [the students who attacked van Neerven]. That really ...

Award-winning writer Ellen van Neerven was subjected to a torrent of abuse yesterday by students who had just finished sitting their HSC English Exams which included her poem Mango from her book ...