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'Inside Black Australia', is the first anthology of Aboriginal poetry to be published, it contains 150 poems by more than 40 Aboriginal writers and poets.
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Available as sound recording and in Braille
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Ringwood,
Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area,
Melbourne - East,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Penguin
, 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry : Introduction, single work criticism (p. xv-xxiv)
- Redi"Red is the colour", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Tali Karng : Twilight Snakei"Tali Karng : twilight snake:", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Ngarnbarndtari"Ngarnbarndtar", single work poetry (p. 3)
- The 'Developers'i"Like a spear thrust deep within my heart", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- God Gave Us Trees to Cut Downi"My Goodness;", single work poetry satire (p. 4-6)
- The Nuclear Winter (Dedicated to Djilby, My Brother: A Victim of Nuclear Testing)i"Lying in a cold hell,", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Marlu-Kurlu The Kangarooi"Water beneath the hills,", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Muturna-Jarra-Kurlu Kujalpa-Pala Wangkaja Two Women Sit in the Shade Away from the Hot Suni"Two women sit in the shade away from the hot sun. As they", single work poetry (p. 10-12)
- Ngati-Nyanu-Jarra-Kurlu The Two Mothersi"The two mothers both sit down near the fire at evening", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- Ngapa-Kurlu The Wateri"Water running past the rocks, small rocks and big rocks.", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Ngapa-Kurlu The Raini"Its raining", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Nantuwu-Kurlu The Horsei"A horse is running,", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Yapa Kujalpalu Nyinaja Nyurruwiyi Sorryi"I crawled in.", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Yuntalpa-Ku Child, Leave the Tape Recorderi"Child, leave the tape recorder", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Right to Bei"Don't stereotype an image of what you want me to be", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Spirit Belong Mother A Letter to My Motheri"I not see you long time now", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Remember?i"Born by river", extract poetry (p. 25-26)
- Weevilly Porridgei"Weevilly porridge I'm going insane", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Dirge for a Hidden Arti"The legendary life of a long-ago tribe", single work poetry (p. 27)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
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Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
BlackWords : Indigenous Stories Told Collectively
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 5) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss discusses and explains the important role of anthologies in the creation of communities of writers and in acknowledging, consolidating and launching writing careers.
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An Australian Classic : Robbie Walker's 'Okay, Let's Be Honest'
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Blue Dog , December vol. 8 no. 16 2009; (p. 20-27) Hidden Agendas : Unreported Poetics 2010; (p. 179-187) -
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81) -
Aboriginal Writing
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture 2000; (p. 313-320) -
A Short History of Aboriginal Writing
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , August vol. 2 no. 2 1990; (p. 36-38)
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Mirrors to the Truth
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1989; (p. 61-64)
— Review of Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry 1988 anthology poetry ; Dalwurra 1988 single work poetry -
Insiders and Outsiders
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , January vol. 7 no. 4 1989; (p. 64-67)
— Review of Numinbah's Tales From The Nick 1988 anthology short story ; Mudmaps to Paradise 1987 selected work short story ; Bleeding Battlers from Ironbark : Australian Myths in Fiction and Film, 1890s-1980s 1987 single work criticism ; Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry 1988 anthology poetry ; Forty-Seventeen 1988 selected work short story -
The Latest in Paperbacks
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 May 1988; (p. 7)
— Review of An Ordinary Lunacy 1963 single work novel ; The Pale Sergeant 1986 single work novel ; Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry 1988 anthology poetry -
Aboriginal Poetry Raises Questions, Provides Challenges
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Winter vol. 2 no. 2 1988; (p. 86)
— Review of Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry 1988 anthology poetry -
Anger Not Enough to Sustain Aboriginal Verse
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 July 1988; (p. B4)
— Review of Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry 1988 anthology poetry -
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81) -
An Australian Classic : Robbie Walker's 'Okay, Let's Be Honest'
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Blue Dog , December vol. 8 no. 16 2009; (p. 20-27) Hidden Agendas : Unreported Poetics 2010; (p. 179-187) -
Poet Sees 1988 as Year of National Healing
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 July 1988; (p. B6) -
Paperbark : A Collection of Black Australian Writings : Introduction
1990
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Paperbark : A Collection of Black Australian Writings 1990; (p. 1-6) -
Aboriginal Literature Becomes a Force
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 10 no. 1-2 1988; (p. 246-253)
Awards
- 1988 winner Human Rights Awards — Poetry
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