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Notes
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Dedication: To Annie and Christopher Marshall and Barrett Reid and to the people of Papunya and Kintore without whom it would have been impossible.
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Epigraph: From here and there we know about the Aborigines - Rudi Krausmann. Also, a quote from an oral history with Johnny Warangula.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Ryde,
Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area,
Northwest Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Singing the Snake : A Poem of Ayers Rocki"Old Tjupurrula squeezes my arm", single work poetry (p. 1-5)
- On Bringing in the Pintupi (After Nosepeg Tjupurrula)i"Whitepella bin go round n round", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Assimilation / Western Desert / 1962-1974i"On the first night", single work poetry (p. 8-10)
- 'Merika: Number One / Japana: Number Twoi""Tell me about the war," I said.", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- The Strength of Adaptationi"The rabbit was the first invader they knew.", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Visitationi"When the Gutenburg pulled into Papunya", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Kerdaitjai"This one here--office--kerdaitch!", single work poetry (p. 15)
- No Love from Papunyai"Someone loves Alice,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Marthai"A good stick, the headmaster says.", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Tjungurrayi's Word Booki"fill in the blanks:", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Multicultural Educationi"Rosie", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Sorry Businessi"(A B C D E F G)", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Unemployment (After Paul Bruno)i"If people working", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Pintjana Wangka [Talking About the Pension] (After Tutama Tjapangarti) : 1 : Pay-Dayi"nothin", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Pintjana Wangka [Talking About the Pension] (After Tutama Tjapangarti), single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Pintjana Wangka [Talking About the Pension] (After Tutama Tjapangarti) : 2 : Canberrai"promise uh promise uh promise", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Wash Dayi"Monica and Victor come over to my place", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Custodyi"Sweat rolls down her speech", single work poetry (p. 26)
- The Last Butchy Meni"There's five naked", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Corkwoodi"At Katatjurta,", single work poetry (p. 29)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Raw Authenticity
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Northern Perspective , Wet Season vol. 14 no. 2 1991; (p. 119-120)
— Review of Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry -
Poems of White Dreaming
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 5 no. 1 1991; (p. 66)
— Review of Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: OzMuze , December vol. 1 no. 3 1990; (p. 2)
— Review of Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry -
Poems of a Mean Bugger
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 119 1990; (p. 37-38)
— Review of Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry -
Pintupi Word Portraits Transcend Stereotypes
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 June 1990; (p. B8)
— Review of Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry
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The Pattern of Experience
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 March 1990; (p. 17)
— Review of From the Midnight Courtyard 1989 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1990 selected work poetry ; Fingerprints on Light 1990 selected work poetry ; Animal Warmth 1990 selected work poetry ; After the War: Poems 1990 selected work poetry ; Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry ; A Human Pattern : Selected Poems 1990 selected work poetry -
Overwhelming Memories of Friendly Street
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 March 1990; (p. 78)
— Review of Animal Warmth 1990 selected work poetry ; Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry ; After the War: Poems 1990 selected work poetry ; Fingerprints on Light 1990 selected work poetry ; Perverse Serenity 1990 selected work poetry ; Australian Things 1990 selected work poetry ; Seventy Seven 1990 selected work poetry ; Edison Doesn't Invent the Car 1990 selected work poetry ; The Inner Courtyard : A South Australian Anthology of Love Poetry 1990 anthology poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Fourteen 1990 anthology poetry -
A Matter of Seeing
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 121 1990; (p. 99-100)
— Review of Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry -
Dreamtime Legacies in Verse
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 7 April 1990; (p. 14)
— Review of Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry -
Four Reasons to Celebrate
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Herald , 18 March 1990; (p. 39)
— Review of Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry ; Australian Things 1990 selected work poetry ; Perverse Serenity 1990 selected work poetry -
Insights Through the Lens Literary
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 7-8 April 1990; (p. 6)
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