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The Black Man's Pain single work   poetry   "Since you set foot upon this land our culture has slowly died"
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Black Man's Pain
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Notes

  • Author's note: The author says that he wrote this poem while watching an ABC TV show about Captain Cook, geaturing a re-enactment of Cook's first encounter with the First Australians.
  • This poem came equal third out of 121 entries in the Bridge Foundation Literacy Competition.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Koori Mail no. 440 3 December 2008 Z1551185 2008 newspaper issue 2008 pg. 26
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