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'This is the second volume of Dreaming Inside, which builds on the encouraging feedback received for the first anthology in 2013. It presents new writings from inmates at the Junee Correctional Centre and their tutors... They are part of the Black Wallaby Writers group at the South Coast Writers Centre, which develops and hosts reading and writing workshops for Indigenous inmates and secondary students. This anthology aims to bring Indigenous voices from the inside, hoping to inspire writing on the outside.' (Source: Back cover)
Notes
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This work is in two parts:
Part One
Contrubutions from the Junee Correctional Centre Inmates
Reflections from the Inmates
Part Two
Contrubutions by the SCWC Black Wallaby Indigenous Writers Group
Contents
* Contents derived from the
East Wollongong,
Wollongong area,
Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:South Coast Writers Centre
, 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Freedomi"Is something we don't care about", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Fishingi"Fishing is freedom for me", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Jaili"Jail is a place where", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Untitledi"I used to be a shearer", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Deoni"Here I sit broken hearted", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Untitledi"Here I Sit broken Hearted", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Untitledi"When I get out of here", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Life in Itselfi"This is my life:", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Petei"Peter went to walkabout", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Untitledi"When I get out of here", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Untitledi"My name is Russell Mitchell", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Bush Walkeri"In the 1980's in Tumut a small country town surrounded by bush land and", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Stay in Schooli"I didn't learn is school but learn in jail.", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Sitting Alonei"Sitting alone, waiting alone", single work poetry (p. 20)
- My Culture...i"Has live a long time of Dream Time stories", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The Rains of Cleansing Paini"I sit in my cell looking around at my", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- Stomping Groundi"I stomp the gound and kick dust around", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Dreamsi"I look into my future", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Mission Girlsi"Two little mission girls both best friends", single work poetry (p. 28)
- My Beautiful Soni"My beautiful brown skin baby boy", single work poetry (p. 29)
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