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Up, Not Down, Mate! : Thoughts from a Prison Cell
West Torrens area
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Catholic Chaplaincy to Aborigines
,
1981
Z1707880
1981
selected work
poetry
'Robbie Walker was born in Port Augusta, a member of a family of twelve children. He is of Aboriginal descent. The family moved around a during his early years and he attended different schools. His education was disrupted by clashes with the law from his early teens, and he attained only First Year High School standard. Since then Robbie has been in and out of Boy's Homes and Gaol. Whilst in Gaol he began to write down his feelings. This booklet is a selection of those writings.' (Source: back cover) Sighted 13/07/2010.
West Torrens area
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Catholic Chaplaincy to Aborigines
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1981
pg.
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Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry
Kevin Gilbert
(editor),
Ringwood
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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. 128
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Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology
John Leonard
(editor),
Knoxfield
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Houghton Mifflin
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1990
Z361533
1990
anthology
poetry
humour
war literature
Knoxfield
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Houghton Mifflin
,
1990
pg.
212
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