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Jim Everett
Jim Everett Jim Everett i(A26981 works by) (a.k.a. Jimmy Everett; Pura-lia Meenamatta)
Born: Established: 1942 Flinders Island, Bass Strait Islands, Tasmania, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Plangermairreenner
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1 “There Is No Other World” : Country and Politics Jim Everett , 2024 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , 4 November vol. 23 no. 2 2024;

'My essay for ASAL2022 tells a story about the changes in my years of writing political papers and poetry to writing about Country and Aboriginal perspectives of philosophy. My paper explores how my writing, and the pakana community, expresses Aboriginality and connections to Country in diverse and creative ways - from caring for Country, continuing traditional practices, reviving language and dance, and contemporary art: What was happening when I wrote hard political poetry, and why this changed when my focus was taken up to look more deeply into what being Aboriginal is all about. My paper will address why Aborigines think differently, and what this means in terms of Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing. My paper talks about the impacts Aborigines suffer from when our environments are being interfered with, and the earth is being hurt. In conclusion, my paper will be to look at the major threat to our world environment: capitalism!' (Publication summary)
1 Island Boy i "Old Cape Barren", Jim Everett , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2023; Meanjin , September vol. 82 no. 3 2023; (p. 45)
1 An Open Letter to the Next Generation Jim Everett , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 240 2020; (p. 19-26)

'I am not Australia’s imagined Aboriginal, nor its Indigenous. I do not identify as an Australian citizen: I am a sovereign Plangermairreenner from Meenamatta Country in north-east Tasmania. My people are Pakana and Palawa. I was born on Flinders Island in 1942, and my parents were both from Cape Barren Island where many of our families survived the impacts of colonisation and dominance. This was an Aboriginal mission under the Cape Barren Island Reserve Act (1912), designed to control all aspects of our families’ lives.' (Introduction)
1 7 A Tasmanian Requiem Greg Lehman , Jim Everett , Frances Butler , Helen Thompson (composer), 2018 single work musical theatre

'A Tasmanian Requiem is an ambitious musical and visual conception that faces a past haunted by the terrible legacy of the Black War of Van Diemen’s Land.

'This groundbreaking collaboration between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists acknowledges the impact of frontier conflict and the strength, beauty and resilience of Tasmanian Aboriginal culture.

'Performed by Tasmania’s premiere brass ensemble, the Island Brass Quintet, with an extraordinary classical and contemporary vocal mix, A Tasmanian Requiem is at once disturbing and uplifting, a musical gift for a shared future.'  (Production summary)
1 From the Outside i "Okay, I’m from the outside", Jim Everett , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: States of Poetry - Tasmania 2017;
1 Ghost Nets and Waterlines i "Our Earth Mother cries when the nets are set adrift", Jim Everett , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: States of Poetry - Tasmania 2017;
1 Twi = Water Drops i "bolong bahai borobsai phayw watwini twyo sujagwi chwngsakhe ha = the smells of forests come alive", Jim Everett , Chandrakanta Murasingh (translator), 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , October no. 55.1 2016;
1 y separately published work icon A Writer's Dilemma Jim Everett , 2014 9841829 2014 single work poetry
1 PRZEGRANY Loser Jim Everett , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poezja : Dzisiaj , no. 106 2014;
1 Miejsca Święte Sacred Places i "It's just trees and rocks and earth,", Jim Everett , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poezja : Dzisiaj , no. 106 2014;
1 Savage Nation : First Nations' Philosophy and Sovereignty Jim Everett , 2014 single work essay
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 74 no. 2 2014; (p. 27-42)
1 Satan's Riders i "well we might think our world is dead", Jim Everett , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 44.0 2013;
1 Move on Black i "You are not young, don't look back", Jim Everett , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: All Ginibi's Mob : Our Voices Collected 2011; (p. 148) Fire Front : First Nations Poetry and Power Today 2020; (p. 129-130)
1 Our Place i "Just like home with comfort and family,", Jim Everett , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: All Ginibi's Mob : Our Voices Collected 2011; (p. 147)
1 Fire in Our Bellies i "We sat round listenin' t' them two coes", Jim Everett , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Untreated : Poems by Black Writers 2001; (p. 15-16) Keeping Culture : Aboriginal Tasmania 2006; (p. 100)
1 y separately published work icon Voices From a First Nation : A Journal of Writings by Jim Everett from the Clan Plangermairreener of the Palawa Jim Everett , Tasmania : Jim Everett , 1997 Z1849857 1997 selected work poetry short story essay criticism These writings span over 50 years. Much of the content relates to Tasmanian Aborigines and their history and struggles for identity, return of remains, equality and self determination.
1 Ballawinne (Red Ochre) Jim Everett , Aboriginal Nations (illustrator), 1997 single work picture book children's dreaming story
— Appears in: The Dreaming 1997; (p. 13-24) 'A story from the Pallawah people of Tasmania about Ballawine (Red Ochre), and how it was spread all over the state. It is a story of how two tribes argued over the last Ballawinne mine in Tasmania. Source: Back Cover.
1 Our Earth Eyes i "We see your paper mills", Jim Everett , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: Voices From a First Nation : A Journal of Writings by Jim Everett from the Clan Plangermairreener of the Palawa 1997; (p. 115 unpaged) Untreated : Poems by Black Writers 2001; (p. 17) Keeping Culture : Aboriginal Tasmania 2006; (p. 100)
1 Touching i "Touch the trees", Jim Everett , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: Voices From a First Nation : A Journal of Writings by Jim Everett from the Clan Plangermairreener of the Palawa 1997; (p. 119 unpaged)
1 Indigenous Pact i "When we get there to our freedom", Jim Everett , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: Voices From a First Nation : A Journal of Writings by Jim Everett from the Clan Plangermairreener of the Palawa 1997; (p. 117-118 unpaged)
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