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4 17 y separately published work icon Karan B. Wongar , New York (City) : Dodd, Mead , 1985 Z290034 1985 single work novel
4 13 y separately published work icon Walg : A Novel of Australia B. Wongar , New York (City) : Dodd, Mead , 1983 Z77109 1983 single work novel
2 71 y separately published work icon Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World Colin Johnson , Melbourne : Hyland House , 1983 Z383558 1983 single work novel historical fiction (taught in 5 units)

'The young Wooreddy recognised the omen immediately, accidentally stepping on it while bounding along the beach: something slimy, something eerily cold and not from the earth. Since it had come from the sea, it was an evil omen.

Soon after, many people died mysteriously, others disappeared without a trace, and once-friendly families became bitter enemies. The islanders muttered, 'It's the times', but Wooreddy alone knew more: the world was coming to an end.

In Mudrooroo's unforgettable novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece, the author evokes with fullest irony the bewilderment and frailty of the last native Tasmanians, as they come face to face with the clumsy but inexorable power of their white destroyers. ...' (Source: Goodreads website)
8 14 y separately published work icon The Track to Bralgu B. Wongar , 1977 selected work short story Indigenous story
— Appears in: Les Temps Modernes , April vol. 32 no. 369 1977; (p. 1606-1635)
— Appears in: Put za Bralgu; Babaru 1983;

'A collection of stories based on traditional Aboriginal stories belonging to the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land, NT, Australia.' (Source: goodreads website)
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