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'Sixteen "whitefellas" explore their relationship with Aboriginal Australia, looking at events in their own lives which shaped their understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal culture and history... In their lively, highly readable, and personal stories these writers share experiences and wrestle with the issues of today, from dispossession and disadvantage, through struggle, to achievement and celebration.' (Source: Duncan Graham, 'Introduction')
Notes
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Epigraph: 'The human metals melt and melting down / Strike fault in fault and shattering neath the steel / The two base metals scream a new appeal' / (Kevin Gilbert: Because a White Man'll Never Do It.)
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Dedication: To Cameron One of the whitefellas who'll do it.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introduction, single work criticism (p. 17-29)
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Try Listening to the Softer Voices,
single work
essay
(p. 31-37)
Note: illus.
- Different Ways of Talking, single work autobiography (p. 38-49)
- Too Many Mingy Buggers, single work essay (p. 50-59)
- Cry for the Lost Chances, single work criticism (p. 60-68)
- Think in Australian, single work essay (p. 69-77)
- Finding the Heart's Home, single work autobiography (p. 78-83)
- A Late Learning, single work autobiography (p. 84-92)
- No Questions Please, We're Australians, single work essay (p. 93-109)
- Oppression Doesn't Need Another Race, single work essay (p. 110-118)
- Portrait of the Historian as a Young Learner, single work autobiography (p. 119-125)
- Searching for a Black Ancestry, single work autobiography (p. 126-131)
- The Presence which Is Absence, single work essay (p. 132-144)
- A Long, Long Wait Time, single work autobiography (p. 145-150)
- Coloured Lenses and Social Relationships, single work autobiography (p. 151-161)
- Thinking in Colour, single work autobiography (p. 162-176)
- Being White Woman, single work essay (p. 177-181)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Introduction
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Being Whitefella 1994; (p. 17-29) -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , June/July vol. 9 no. 3 1994; (p. 13)
— Review of Being Whitefella 1994 anthology autobiography criticism essay -
Forecasts
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , March vol. 73 no. 1045 1994; (p. 30,32)
— Review of Being Whitefella 1994 anthology autobiography criticism essay -
Try Again, Whitefellas
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 June 1994; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Being Whitefella 1994 anthology autobiography criticism essay -
Exploring the Sloblands
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 160 1994; (p. 44)
— Review of Being Whitefella 1994 anthology autobiography criticism essay
-
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , June/July vol. 9 no. 3 1994; (p. 13)
— Review of Being Whitefella 1994 anthology autobiography criticism essay -
Help Save the Essay
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 May 1994; (p. wkd 8)
— Review of Being Whitefella 1994 anthology autobiography criticism essay -
Exploring the Sloblands
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 160 1994; (p. 44)
— Review of Being Whitefella 1994 anthology autobiography criticism essay -
Try Again, Whitefellas
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 June 1994; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Being Whitefella 1994 anthology autobiography criticism essay -
Forecasts
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , March vol. 73 no. 1045 1994; (p. 30,32)
— Review of Being Whitefella 1994 anthology autobiography criticism essay -
Introduction
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Being Whitefella 1994; (p. 17-29)
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