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* Contents derived from the 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Koori Literature,
single work
essay
(p. 1-20)
'Koori literature is concerned with, above all else, identity - black identity; and also with complex attitudes, convictions and traditions which make up the Koori culture. S o me aspects of the Koori outlook in literature are: the preoccupation with the history of the loss of land, the stress on violence and sexual abuses, the attempts at altering literature into sociopolitical hype, bringing into focus the campaign for human rights and land. These aspects are some of the most striking of the Koori self-definition in literature. What is important, is that while this selfassessment goes on, the Koori are often treading on thin ice, trying to balance their identity, and the way in which society sees them. This is a difficult process! The Koori writer's self-perception is continually strained by the dominant Gubba culture of Australia. ...' (Abstract)
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Connections through the East Wind and Morning Star,
single work
criticism
(p. 30-37)'My research focus is the song cycle (manikay) of the wind called Bulunu. The structure of manikay is like patterns of mathematics that relate kinship (gurrutu) systems: plants, lands, people, birds, seafoods, - that is, the environment around us. The outline is important in kinship systems (example: like the Yolrju kinship system is tied into the song cycle). This includes the marriage system, paintings, and the laws (rom) of Yolrju Aboriginal culture. The pattern of kinship is the sets of people, and the units of land which have their foundation in djalkiri (our roots or footprints). How things were long ago is still important, for Yolrju to live by the kinship rules. Yolrju laws are very important and complicated to understand. ...' (Abstract)
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Nguddja Djawandji,
Rita Djidmu
(translator),
single work
short story
(p. 38-40)'Djawandji, Djawandji birruyiba karneyedjabba; koma birrimmuyiba njana yidja. Barrilan-akameyedjabbayidja. Birribenakomgka. Komgkabirribibinjerabarrina, barlangunngun djabbarda birrimanga. Birriweranga barrina yalawa birribena.Djawandji, Djawandji birruyiba karneyedjabba; koma birrimmuyiba njana yidja. Barrilan ...' (Abstract)
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Djawandji Story,
Rita Djidmu
(translator),
single work
short story
(p. 41-42)' Djawandji, the two spirit men, went into the bush and collected bush potato yams and put them in a string bag. They carried them back to the camp to cook them and eat for their meal...' (Abstract)
- The Changing Face of the Jukurrpai"Under the shade of the mulga tree", single work poetry (p. 43-46)
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Third Year Practicum and Kurdachi,
single work
short story
(p. 47-52)'In August 19891 was a student at Batchelor College doing my third year prac at Alekarenge. The story begins with the bus trip on a Pioneer coach. At two o'clock or someway at three o'clock I was picked up at Batchelor turn-off at the two-way road. ...' (Abstract)
- Death in Custodyi"You came", single work poetry (p. 53)
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Memories of Childhood,
single work
autobiography
(p. 55-59)'Whenever someone asks me to relate anything to them about my childhood, the memories of when we lived in English Street in Cairns, comes strongly to mind. Maybe it was because it was then that Dad played a big part in all our lives. ...' (Abstract)
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A Different Look of Life,
single work
autobiography
(p. 60-63)'When you are in a situation like mine, you tend to get a little bit of shit when it come to what race you belong to. Being Indonesian/Aboriginal and the rest thrown in, I'm bit of a mixture. My grandmother originally came from Fitzroy Crossing, that was her tribal land, a land that she called her own, a place of originality. She was mustered off the land as a young girl and taken to a Mission called Beagle Bay, where her and so many other families spent the rest of their adulthood watching their children and grandchildren grow. ...' (Abstract)
- Unwanted People of This Landi"We are the soul-searchers of this land", single work poetry (p. 64)
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Aboriginal Literature and Critical Pedagogies,
single work
criticism
(p. 65-88)'Pedagogy is an English word meaning the science of teaching. It comes from the old Greek words 'paidos' boy and 'agogos' a guide. In ancient Greece, only boys went to school. Now pedagogy is understood as the knowledge or the science we have collected on teaching in general - boys, girls, and adults. For some people, the idea of pedagogy depends on having teachers who know, students who don't know, ideas which can be passed on from one to another, ways of constructing those ideas and ways of passing them on. In Australian culture today, people must learn pedagogy at teacher education institutions before they can be qualified to become teachers. ...' (Abstract)
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