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Oodgeroo Noonuccal Oodgeroo Noonuccal i(A12345 works by) (birth name: Kathleen Ruska) (a.k.a. Kath Walker Noonuccal; Oodgeroo)
Also writes as: Kath Walker
Born: Established: 3 Nov 1920 Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay, Brisbane - South East, Brisbane, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 16 Sep 1993 Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay, Brisbane - South East, Brisbane, Queensland,
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Nunukul / Noonuccal
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2 All One Race i "Black tribe, yellow tribe, red, white or brown,", Kath Walker , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2020; (p. 1)
— Appears in: My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2022; (p. 104-105)
1 y separately published work icon I Am Proud and Other Poems Oodgeroo Noonuccal , Warners Bay : Picaro Press , 2010 Z1824441 2010 selected work poetry
1 Tian an Men Square : Beijing, September 18, 1984 i "The big square", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: I Am Proud and Other Poems 2010; (p. 11)
1 Editing Oodgeroo: Transforming 'Stradbroke Dreamtime' from Strident Political Prose into Harmless Entertainment Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Black Writers White Editors : Episodes of Collaboration and Compromise in Australian Publishing History 2009; (p. 4-47) In this chapter, Jennifer Jones analyses how the 3,700 editorial changes to Oodgeroo's original manuscript drew Stradbroke Dreamtime away from its hardhitting political intention and directed it toward a representation of Aboriginality more acceptable to white readers of the era.
1 y separately published work icon Tuggan Tuggan Tuggan Tuggan (The Silky Oak) Oodgeroo Noonuccal , Z1644639 2007 single work prose dreaming story
1 Kill to Eat Kath Walker , 2002 extract life story (Kill to Eat)
— Appears in: Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002; (p. 129)
1 y separately published work icon Song for Oodgeroo Oodgeroo Noonuccal , Wilfred Lehmann (composer), Grosvenor Place : Australian Music Centre , 1999 Z1327107 1999 single work lyric/song
1 Artist Son i "My artist son,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1998 single work poetry
— Appears in: Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998; (p. 78-79) I Am Proud and Other Poems 2010; (p. 1)
1 Reed Flute Cave i "I didn't expect to meet you in Guilin", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1998 single work poetry
— Appears in: Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998; (p. 33-34) I Am Proud and Other Poems 2010; (p. 12-13)
1 Custodians of the Land Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1996 single work extract
— Appears in: Voices of Aboriginal Australia : Past, Present, Future 1996; (p. 177-185)
1 1 Requiem i "In Tiananmen Square", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1995 single work poetry
1 To My Brother Jack Davis : A Tribute Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1994 single work biography
— Appears in: Jack Davis : The Maker of History 1994; (p. 16-21)
1 Acceptance Speech Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1994 single work prose
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 16 no. 1 1994; (p. 4) Into the Nineties: Post-Colonial Women's Writing 1994; (p. 4)
1 Writers of Australia, "I Dips Me Lid" Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1994 single work prose
— Appears in: Oodgeroo 1994; (p. 212-228)
1 Beyond Terra Nullius, The Lie Oodgeroo Noonuccal , Bejam Kunmunara Jarlow Nunukel Kabool , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Oodgeroo 1994; (p. 210-211)

'This legal lie of terra nulliushas been used right up until the HighCourt of Australia handed down its decision on the now famous Mabo case. All previous claims at law by the Indigenous people had, up until that time, foundered on the rocks of that legal lie of terra nullius...' (Source: Speech Beyond Terra Nullius The Lie, 1994)
1 A Stranger in Tasmania Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1994 single work prose
— Appears in: Oodgeroo 1994; (p. 187-199)
1 Yussef (Hijacker) i "Yussef, my son,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: Oodgeroo 1994; (p. 109)
1 Commonplace i "The rat-tat-tat of rifles", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: Oodgeroo 1994; (p. 106)
1 1 Sister Poet i "Sister poet, I answer you,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: Oodgeroo 1994; (p. 97)
1 y separately published work icon Oodjeroo Oodgeroo Noonuccal , Ulli Beier , Bayreuth : University of Bayreuth , 1993 Z23229 1993 selected work poetry biography
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