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Clarrie Cameron Clarrie Cameron i(6040893 works by) (a.k.a. Bilangga )
Born: Established: Wiluna, Gascoyne - Murchison area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Nyangumarta / Nyangumarda
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1 3 y separately published work icon Elephants in the Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns Clarrie Cameron , Broome : Magabala Books , 2013 6041264 2013 single work prose life story

'A huge snake takes refuge under the body of a napping grandfather. A sixteen year old girl keeps three hundred head of cattle together for a couple of weeks without losing a beast. A young Aboriginal boy witnesses a man being thrown off a train onto a remote railway siding for being Jewish. Two trackers lead a police party deep into the desert to apprehend a murderer and rescue a young, abducted woman. From station life to dusty outback towns, Clarrie Cameron recreates the campfire yarns of his past on the page by deftly weaving together anecdote, wit and allegory. He captures the peculiarities and contradictions of human nature which readers all over the world will instantly recognise.' (Source: Magabala Books website: www.magabala.com)
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