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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 'Unity Now'
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Notes

  • Dedicated to Esme Fisher.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Booval, Booval - Bundamba area, Ipswich area, South East Queensland, Queensland,:Cec Fisher , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
My Name is Unityi"Tribes living rivers, creeks", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 1)
Grandmotheri"Born up in North Queensland on Aboriginal land", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 2)
Blacki"What is the colour of night", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 3)
Steel Railsi"Steel rails run across my body", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 4)
Search of My Aboriginality - Broken Wingsi"I sent my spirit flying away from me", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 5)
Memories and the Paini"You came ashore, pale like spirit people", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 6)
Goodbye Brumbyi"Out in channel country", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 7)
Lost Freedomi"Queensland, the land of our birth", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 8)
Roped Offi"At the pictures it was there to keep us apart", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 9)
Growing Upi"As a child growing up", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 10)
A Tribute to Aboriginal Womeni"Aboriginal women been around since this land began", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 11)
Doggeri"They called me the Champion Dogger", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 12)
Golden Corroboree Groundi"Last night I had a dream that seemed so real", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 13)
Black Prisoneri"Locked in a cell surrounded by the cold prison wall", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 14)
Don't Rushi"Aboriginal people before Cook had corroborees and walkabouts", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 15)
Black Historyi"White man's takeover of Australia tore our culture apart", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 16)
Swaggiei"I met a man his clothes all tattered and torn", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 17)
Keeper of the Dreamingi"He goes alone to visit the cave,", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 18)
Promisesi"Aboriginal people for a long time lived on promises", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 19)
Dingoi"Working in the channel country, in the outback,", Cec Fisher , single work poetry (p. 20-21)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Cec Fisher - Enjoyable Poetry About Dreamtime, Everyday Life 1991 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 6 November no. 13 1991; (p. 21)
The 'Unity Now' book of poetry by Cec Fisher goes from Dreamtime to the everyday situations and life's frustrations, death, joy and the family.
Cec Fisher - Enjoyable Poetry About Dreamtime, Everyday Life 1991 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 6 November no. 13 1991; (p. 21)
The 'Unity Now' book of poetry by Cec Fisher goes from Dreamtime to the everyday situations and life's frustrations, death, joy and the family.
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