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Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 Unikara
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Laments the changes to Aboriginal life and culture wrought by colonisation and remembers 'the time of peace and plenty / when the healthy black-skinned people led a carefree happy life', that of a 'very ancient' and 'proud race'.

Notes

  • Dedication: To Ritz and Two Digits
  • A long narrative poem divided into eleven numbered 'song' sections.

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Works about this Work

Imaginative Aboriginal Epic James Devaney , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Expression , vol. 5 no. 1 1966; (p. 17)

— Review of Unikara Leonard Chester , 1965 single work poetry
Untitled 1965-1966 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January vol. 5 no. 2-3 1965-1966; (p. 53)

— Review of Unikara Leonard Chester , 1965 single work poetry
Imaginative Aboriginal Epic James Devaney , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Expression , vol. 5 no. 1 1966; (p. 17)

— Review of Unikara Leonard Chester , 1965 single work poetry
Untitled 1965-1966 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January vol. 5 no. 2-3 1965-1966; (p. 53)

— Review of Unikara Leonard Chester , 1965 single work poetry
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