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'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)
Notes
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Dedication:
I dedicate this collection of yarns to my father,
Leedham Cameron Snr, and to my Uncle George
Curley, Both of them were exceptional storytellers.
When I was small us kids would sit with out mouths open drinking up their stories...
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Works about this Work
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[Review Essay] : Elephants in The Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns
2014
single work
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 2014; (p. 140-142)
— Review of Elephants in the Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns 2013 single work prose life story'There are Kooris who say that outsiders cannot get our sense of humour. Of course, this is not true of everyone. Most people are able to learn the cultural and historical context that makes something funny. Clarrie Cameron’s Elephants in the bush and other Yamatji yarns shows how extensively Aborigines use comedy in everyday life. Learning this is crucial to gaining an in-depth understanding of our communities. This book deserves a wide audience because it tells us all something about how we see ourselves. These are not narrow stories about disadvantaged or disengaged victims. Yes, Cameron deals with the standard issues of colonisation. However, he does it from a point of view that does not filter out the sense of fun that is integral to the ways that Aborigines live as an altered colonised minority. Cameron’s yarns are funny, in places gentle, but they confront these important issues as effectively as any raging or pitiful plea to understand what is happening in Aboriginal communities.' (Introduction)
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The Year’s Work in Fiction
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 59 no. 1 2014; (p. 124-143)
— Review of Elephants in the Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns 2013 single work prose life story ; An Elegant Young Man 2013 selected work short story ; The Incredible Here and Now 2013 single work novel ; Elemental 2013 single work novel ; Now Showing 2013 selected work short story ; The Heaven I Swallowed 2013 single work novel ; Stella's Sea 2013 single work novel ; The Young Desire It : A Novel 1937 single work novel ; Inland 1988 single work novel ; White Light 2013 selected work short story ; Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Best Australian Stories 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Rosie Project 2013 single work novel ; Lives of the Dead 2013 selected work short story ; The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story ; Harmless 2013 single work novel ; Letters to the End of Love 2013 single work novel ; Eyrie 2013 single work novel ; The Swan Book 2013 single work novel -
Storytelling
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 1 October 2013; (p. 7)
— Review of Elephants in the Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns 2013 single work prose life story
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Storytelling
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 1 October 2013; (p. 7)
— Review of Elephants in the Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns 2013 single work prose life story -
The Year’s Work in Fiction
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 59 no. 1 2014; (p. 124-143)
— Review of Elephants in the Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns 2013 single work prose life story ; An Elegant Young Man 2013 selected work short story ; The Incredible Here and Now 2013 single work novel ; Elemental 2013 single work novel ; Now Showing 2013 selected work short story ; The Heaven I Swallowed 2013 single work novel ; Stella's Sea 2013 single work novel ; The Young Desire It : A Novel 1937 single work novel ; Inland 1988 single work novel ; White Light 2013 selected work short story ; Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Best Australian Stories 2013 2013 selected work short story ; The Rosie Project 2013 single work novel ; Lives of the Dead 2013 selected work short story ; The Double (And Other Stories) 2013 selected work short story ; Harmless 2013 single work novel ; Letters to the End of Love 2013 single work novel ; Eyrie 2013 single work novel ; The Swan Book 2013 single work novel -
[Review Essay] : Elephants in The Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns
2014
single work
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 2014; (p. 140-142)
— Review of Elephants in the Bush and Other Yamatji Yarns 2013 single work prose life story'There are Kooris who say that outsiders cannot get our sense of humour. Of course, this is not true of everyone. Most people are able to learn the cultural and historical context that makes something funny. Clarrie Cameron’s Elephants in the bush and other Yamatji yarns shows how extensively Aborigines use comedy in everyday life. Learning this is crucial to gaining an in-depth understanding of our communities. This book deserves a wide audience because it tells us all something about how we see ourselves. These are not narrow stories about disadvantaged or disengaged victims. Yes, Cameron deals with the standard issues of colonisation. However, he does it from a point of view that does not filter out the sense of fun that is integral to the ways that Aborigines live as an altered colonised minority. Cameron’s yarns are funny, in places gentle, but they confront these important issues as effectively as any raging or pitiful plea to understand what is happening in Aboriginal communities.' (Introduction)