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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 The Black Rat
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    y separately published work icon Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry Kevin Gilbert (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1988 Z372806 1988 anthology poetry (taught in 3 units)

    'Inside Black Australia', is the first anthology of Aboriginal poetry to be published, it contains 150 poems by more than 40 Aboriginal writers and poets.

    Ringwood : Penguin , 1988
    pg. 109
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    y separately published work icon Spirit Song : A Collection of Aboriginal Poetry Lorraine Mafi-Williams , Norwood : Omnibus Books , 1993 Z430576 1993 anthology poetry

    'In this collection of contemporary poems for children, thirty-five Aboriginal poets write about what it means to be Aboriginal today. Many of the poems reflect the anger, despair and determination of a people dispossessed of their land and denied justice. Some poets recall the spirituality and culture of their ancestors. Still others look with hope to the future...' (Source: Back cover)

    Norwood : Omnibus Books , 1993
    pg. 61
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    y separately published work icon Koori Mail no. 374 26 April 2006 Z1266693 2006 newspaper issue 2006 pg. 24
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    y separately published work icon Koori Mail no. 550 8 May 2013 Z1938858 2013 newspaper issue 2013 pg. 23
    Note: Editor's note: Reproduced courtesy of Bruce Clayton-Brown. Includes an introduction written by Philippa Scarlett.
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