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Clifford Watego Clifford Watego i(A11085 works by) (a.k.a. Clifford Goori (Aidee) Watego; Cliff Watego)
Born: Established: 1954 ; Died: Ceased: 26 Jun 2008
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Torres Strait Islander
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1 y separately published work icon Critical Issues in/for Black Australian Writing Clifford Watego , St Lucia : 2008 Z1825929 2008 single work thesis criticism
1 `Extremely Funny... Utterly Tragic': An Interview with Richard Walley with Notes on Black Interviews / Black Discourse Clifford Watego (interviewer), 1990 single work criticism interview
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 17 1990; (p. 40-50)
1 Roberta Sykes with Cliff Watego : Love Poems and Other Revolutionary Actions Roberta Sykes , Clifford Watego (interviewer), 1990 single work interview
— Appears in: Writers in Action: The Writer's Choice Evenings 1990; (p. 25-41)
1 Being Done to Again Clifford Watego , 1988 single work essay
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , March vol. 7 no. 1 1988; (p. 32-34) '1988 will be like any other year when it comes to memorable occasions, with the opportunists already out in their droves snatching the chance to capitalise on fake glory. There is also a vast number of devout anti-Bi-centennialists hatching clever excuses to justify their "rip them off first before they rip us off anymore" attitude. For black writers this may be far more difficult to carry out than for their comrades in other artistic areas. Black screen-printers, actors, dancers, musicians, painters, and not to forget the small (often community-based) artefact enterprises, among other occupations, have the moral armoury to accept and get away with Bi-centenary money without compromising their principles. (Secretly, the money is despised but has a way of talking in 601 different languages in Australia nowadays.)'
1 An Islander Perspective on the Bicentennial Clifford Watego (interviewer), 1988 single work interview
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , March vol. 7 no. 1 1988; (p. 17-20) 'Wednesday 25 November 1987, Cliff Watego interviews Steve Mam of IINA the Torres Strait Islander Corporation Talking about the Bicentennial and Expo and the Celebrations that are going on with it.'
1 Backgrounds to Aboriginal Literature Clifford Watego , 1988 single work essay
— Appears in: Black Voices , vol. 4 no. 1 1988; (p. 42-55)
1 Backgrounds to Aboriginal Literature Clifford Watego , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Connections : Essays on Black Literatures 1988; (p. 11-23)
1 1 Aboriginal Poetry and White Criticism Clifford Watego , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Aboriginal Writing Today : Papers from the First National Conference of Aboriginal Writers 1985; (p. 75-90)
1 Cultural Adaptation in the South Pacific Novel Clifford Watego , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: World Literature Written in English , vol. 23 no. 2 1984; (p. 488-496)
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