Writing | Katherine E. Seppings

June 28, 2026

Castlemaine Documentary Festival Awards

Feeling very grateful to have received two awards at Locals in the Castlemaine Documentary Festival for ‘Harcourt Fires’, my six minute documentary that captured the terror and devastation on 9 January 2026, and the following weeks of recovery and renewal. It felt imperative to share what I witnessed, and to honour the impact on our whole region.

Many thanks to the judges for the Courageous Filmmaking Award and to the voters for the 2026 Audience Choice Award!

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November 30, 2018

Opinion Article in The Big Smoke

The removal of Palestine by Google Maps

Katherine Seppings

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Read here: The removal of Palestine by Google Maps_Katherine Seppings_20181129
https://thebigsmoke.com.au/2018/11/29/removal-palestine-google-maps/

I am really pleased to have been invited to write this opinion piece for The Big Smoke on why Palestine is not on Google Maps and the journey that Palestine has been forced to make into non-existence by Israel’s existence. (Published 29 Nov 2018)

‘Very informative history and for me an introduction into the part played by map makers and services like Google Maps with their biases, making them complicit in political struggles for borders and land, and erasing nations like Palestine from their maps – and all that implies. Great article and much to think about.’ Di Dell

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January 25, 2012

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Nov 2011

Amazing. So economical, and yet every sentence descriptive. So much said in such a short time. Helen Snodgrass

Lovely..would like to read more… Linda Tamang

Really compelling reading. I wanted more, and can’t wait for more Gloria Meltzer

Beautifully written and read! Abbie Heathcote

Wonderful writing. As others have suggested Katherine, you convey so much in so short a space and your words carry a weight that is layered and lovely yet filled with a sort of foreboding or a promise. Elisabeth