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B. Wongar B. Wongar i(A34455 works by) (birth name: Sreten Bozic) (a.k.a. Wongar; Birimbir Wongar; Bahumir Wongar; Banunbir Wongar)
Also writes as: Sreten Bozic
Born: Established: 1932
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Ex Yugoslavia,
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Eastern Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1960
Heritage: Serbian
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1 Galei, My Wife B. Wongar , single work short story
1 Why Kings Eat Us B. Wongar , single work short story
1 Mukul, Mother-in-Law B. Wongar , single work short story
1 Marngit, the Medicine Man B. Wongar , single work short story
1 Niari B. Wongar , single work short story
1 Malu B. Wongar , single work short story
1 The Galah B. Wongar , single work short story
1 Winy-Winy, the Bat People B. Wongar , single work short story
1 The Possum Children B. Wongar , single work short story
1 y separately published work icon Didjeridu Charmer B. Wongar , Carnegie : Dingo Books , 2015 8303780 2015 single work novel

'An old Aboriginal ritual leader, Bungawa, lives with a pack of dingoes on his tribal land in a remote part of Arnhem Land (Australia) just as his ancestors lived since time immemorial. His children have been forcibly taken from him by State authorities to be brought up and assimilated into the white man's world. Bungawa, however, sees them embodied in the souls of the dingoes with whom he shares life in the wilderness, according to traditional teachings. Didjeridu Charmer is the last novel of B. Wongar's Nuclear Cycle, presided by Walg, Karan, Gabo Djara, Raki and Manhunt. ' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Totem and Ore : A Photographic Collection Boomerang and Atom B. Wongar , Lynda Bilcic , Carnegie : Dingo Books , 2006 Z1484063 2006 single work non-fiction
1 y separately published work icon Cvet u Pustinji B. Wongar , ( trans. Ljiljana Krstic et. al. )agent)expression Nis : Prosveta , 2004 Z1496533 2004 selected work short story
1 y separately published work icon Dingoes, Names and B. Wongar B. Wongar , Jan Wositzky (interviewer), Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2001 Z930054 2001 website The site contains information on B. Wongar's European origins, cultural tradition and his choice of his authorial name from aboriginal mythology. Several of his many awards for writing are mentioned. The remainder of the content is an extract from an interview with the author by Jan Wositzky for the ABC 'Books and Writing' Programme. The author discusses his early contact with aborigines on arriving in Australia and his interest in writing and the oral transmission of traditional stories as a unifying aspect of a culture. Personal experience of intolerance and enforced separation from his wife and childen are related as background to the author's writing in 'Dingoes Den', 'Karan', 'Raki' and 'The Last Pack of Dingoes'.
1 6 y separately published work icon Dingoes Den B. Wongar , Bondi Junction : ETT Imprint , 1999 Z278853 1999 single work autobiography
1 [Untitled] (from Raki : A Novel) B. Wongar , 1997 extract
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 11 no. 2 1997; (p. 85-89)
1 1 Letter [Australian Book Review, October 1995] B. Wongar , 1995 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 175 1995; (p. 8-9)
1 Hands Warmer Than the Sun B. Wongar , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 176 1995; (p. 14)
3 17 y separately published work icon Raki : A Novel B. Wongar , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1994 Z857293 1994 single work novel (taught in 1 units)

Raki (which means rope) is set in Australia and Bosnia and deals with issues of black and white relations, ethnic conflict and multi-culturalism. Gara is an Aboriginal youth who is adopted by a Yugoslav family and taken bak to Bosnia. Caught up in the conflict there, he returns to Australia, only to end up in jail, where he hangs himself. (Source: Koori Mail Ed. 85 21 Sept. 1994)
1 Crooked-Legged Mongrel (to Puppy) B. Wongar , 1994 single work short story
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 8 no. 1 1994; (p. 21-24)
1 [Untitled] (from Raki : A Novel) B. Wongar , 1994 extract
— Appears in: Republica , no. 1 1994; (p. 41-44)
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