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'In September 2013 just before the weather turned even more intense a group of intrepid writers made their way to three Australian desert settings to work with groups and individuals wishing to write. Both Aboriginal people with a profound connection to country and residents of more recent arrival who had made the choice to live in remote places participated in workshops. You’ll read new voices and hear perspectives on living in extreme geographical and climactic regions in today’s Australia. In the variety presented here we welcome you into the vitality of remote communities often isolated but full of commitment and hope for the future.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Crawley,
Inner Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:UWA Publishing
, 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Welcome to Desert Writing!, single work prose (p. 1-4)
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Warburton Tree House,
single work
autobiography
(p. 5-12)'From 2008-2011 I lived and worked in Warburton Ranges Remote Aboriginal Community, in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, Western Australia. About 500 people live here, in the middle of an enormous desert. Space is closer (100 km above our heads) than the nearest major towns, Kalgoolie and Alice Springs, both more than 900 km away. Warburton is the most compelling place I know.' (5)
- Lost Girl of the Never-Never, single work autobiography (p. 13-23)
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Introduction - Writing from the Desert - Paruku,
single work
essay
(p. 27-32)'The Australian desert is a more complicated place than it used to be. There was a time when it functioned in the white Australian imagination more as a metaphor than a real place, a negative space into which explorers, white children and the occasional eccentric wanderer disappeared, leaving a frisson of existential anxiety and a satisfying conviction that the heart of the continent remained an impenetrable mystery. Its nomadic occupants, for the most part invisible, were stone age remnants - innocent, bloodthirsty, fabulous and doomed.' (Introduction, 27)
- Helicopter Tjungurrayi, single work autobiography (p. 33-34)
- Wuntupayi Jane Gimme, single work autobiography (p. 35-38)
- Monica and Kim Mahood, Kim Mahood (interviewer), single work interview (p. 39-41)
- Gracie Mosquito, single work autobiography (p. 42-43)
- Joan Marie Nagomara, single work autobiography (p. 44-46)
- Elizabeth Noonie Nangala Lulu, single work autobiography (p. 47-50)
- Veronica Lulu, single work autobiography (p. 51-53)
- Karen Lulu, single work autobiography (p. 54-56)
- Evelyn Clancy and Kim Mahood, Kim Mahood (interviewer), single work prose (p. 57-61)
- Leonard Boxer, single work autobiography (p. 62-69)
- Bessie Doonday, extract autobiography (p. 70-71)
- Shirley Yoomarie, single work autobiography (p. 72-74)
- Wendy Chungulla, single work autobiography (p. 75-76)
- Cathy Lee, single work autobiography (p. 77)
- Imelda Gugaman, single work autobiography (p. 78-81)
- Susan Chungulla, single work autobiography (p. 82)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Centre of the Story
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , February 2017; The Australian Face : Essays from the Sydney Review of Books 2017; (p. 217-223) ‘When my family saw the first train they thought it was a giant caterpillar coming, and threw spears and stones at it. They got real frighted true,’ writes Hilary Williams, an Anangu woman living in Yalata, South Australia, in a new collection, Desert Writing: Stories from Country. (Introduction) -
Welcome to Desert Writing!
2016
single work
prose
— Appears in: Desert Writing : Stories from Country 2016; (p. 1-4)
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Welcome to Desert Writing!
2016
single work
prose
— Appears in: Desert Writing : Stories from Country 2016; (p. 1-4) -
Centre of the Story
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , February 2017; The Australian Face : Essays from the Sydney Review of Books 2017; (p. 217-223) ‘When my family saw the first train they thought it was a giant caterpillar coming, and threw spears and stones at it. They got real frighted true,’ writes Hilary Williams, an Anangu woman living in Yalata, South Australia, in a new collection, Desert Writing: Stories from Country. (Introduction)
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