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'This country anytime anywhere features writing from new and emerging Aboriginal writers from the length of the Northern Territory. This contemporary collection features eight Australian Aboriginal languages - some of them severely endangered - and is unsurpassed in its comprehensive representation of writers, subject matters and styles that share the powerful cultural, artistic, political and personal interests of these writers in the 21st century. Ranging from teenagers to elders, the writers come from diverse rural, urban and remote backgrounds...' (Source back cover)
Notes
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Some contributions have been translated into a number of endangered Australian Aboriginal languages. They include: Pitjantjatjara, Eastern Arrernte, Western Arrarnta, Wambaya,Warlpiri, Warumungu, Ngaliwurru & Kungarakan.
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Launched at the Twenty First Barkly Regional Arts Desert Art and Culture Harmony Festival in Tennant Creek 4 September 2010 by Gerry McCarthy.
Contents
- Jabanbi, single work autobiography (p. 1-3)
- The Pain Rains, single work poetry (p. 4-5)
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Yinga Imampurla Inthurra
"Kngulya itnura nyinta tjina ekuranhaka erraara-errama."
The Pain Rains,
single work
poetry
(p. 6-7)
Note: With title: Yinga Imampurla Inthurra
- Kurrdem Grarburr "Kimi Wirri" Wet Season Raini"Smell it.", Tjalingmara (translator) single work poetry (p. 9)
- Pinjarrai"I heard the whispering through the trees", single work poetry (p. 10)
- I Love Cheeky Coloured Boysi"I love cheeky coloured boys", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
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Rodeo Girl,
single work
short story
At the rodeo, Billy finds companionship and skill in the itinerant Rose.
- Wombat, single work short story Indigenous story travel adventure (p. 21-24)
- "There is no life" Kumanai"Kurunpa wiya palatja", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Kumanai"Kurunpa wiya palatja", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Grade One Primaryi"I'm sitting up the tree today", single work poetry (p. 27)
- "Punu katu ngayulu nyinanyi" Grade One Primaryi"I'm sitting up the tree today", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Spirit Gate, single work short story satire (p. 29-34)
- Always There Somewherei"An invisible boy, watching out for someone,", single work poetry (p. 35)
- I Heard Iti"Hanging round the mall in ALice one day,", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Spud, single work short story satire (p. 37-41)
- Tuwatayinga, single work short story satire (p. 42-45)
- The Tree, single work short story (p. 46-49)
- They Took Usi"As a child I left this place", single work poetry (p. 50)
- "Alanga bulnungurna ngidabarda irringa" They Took Usi"As a child I left this place", single work poetry (p. 51)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- also electronic resource
Works about this Work
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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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This Country Anytime Anywhere
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Etchings Indigenous: Treaty 2011; (p. 68-71)
— Review of This Country Anytime Anywhere : An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing from the Northern Territory 2010 anthology poetry autobiography -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 3 2011; (p. 36-37)
— Review of This Country Anytime Anywhere : An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing from the Northern Territory 2010 anthology poetry autobiography -
Writing from the Heart
2011
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 70 no. 3 2011; (p. 13-16) -
Indigenous Anthology Launch
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 30 September vol. 9 no. 211 2010; (p. 39)
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 3 2011; (p. 36-37)
— Review of This Country Anytime Anywhere : An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing from the Northern Territory 2010 anthology poetry autobiography -
This Country Anytime Anywhere
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Etchings Indigenous: Treaty 2011; (p. 68-71)
— Review of This Country Anytime Anywhere : An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing from the Northern Territory 2010 anthology poetry autobiography -
Indigenous Anthology Launch
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 30 September vol. 9 no. 211 2010; (p. 39) -
Writing from the Heart
2011
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 70 no. 3 2011; (p. 13-16) -
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.
- Northern Territory,