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First published in the Sydney Morning Herald in September 1864 with the title 'Woonoona : The Last of His Tribe'. Subsequent publications have the title 'The Last of His Tribe'.
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Henry Kendall's 'Aboriginal Man' : Autochthony and Extinction in the Settler Colony
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Modern Australian Criticism and Theory 2010; (p. 50-60) 'McCann shows how the poet Henry Kendall's dreams of establishing an Australian landscape are haunted at every turn by the indigenous presence...' Source: Modern Australian Criticism and Theory (2010) -
"They Couldn't Tell Us How to Farm Their Skin" : White Poems on Black Dispossession
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Interactions : Essays on the Literature and Culture of the Asia-Pacific Region 2000; (p. 171-183) Analyses poems by white Australian authors about dispossession of their land. In his survey of attitudes and poetic technique, Page examines nineteenth and twentieth century poems and finds a reversal of attitudes over time. -
Double Vision : Aspects of Aboriginality in Kendall's Writing
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Henry Kendall : The Muse of Australia 1992; (p. 405-417) -
Sense and Nonsense
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literature and the Aborigine in Australia 1770- 1975 1989; (p. 91-112) -
The Radiant Dream : Notes on Henry Kendall
1969
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 4 no. 2 1969; (p. 99-114) Henry Kendall : The Muse of Australia 1992; (p. 37-53) Mitchell looks to Kendall's poetry for a "system of images that amount to a loose poetic philosophy, an attitude of mind that is formulated emotionally rather than logically, but in any case consistently". Mitchell detects an observer who occupies a middle (dream-like) state beside a stream between differents poles such as real/ideal and city/forest. Although the observer seeks but can't find the source of this stream, he gains the ability to believe in poetic vision--the radiant dream. Mitchell argues that all of Kendall's poetry shows a progression towards the acceptance of this ability.
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Kendall's Use of 'Uloola'
1902
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 January vol. 23 no. 1143 1902; (p. 2) In this letter to the editor, Meston as Queensland Protector of Aborigines affirms against the Rev. J. L. Mathew that Kendall obtained the word, 'Uloola,' used in one of his poems, from Aboriginal languages associated with the Clarence River, a district where he lived for many years. -
Something Aboriginal
1902
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 August vol. 23 no. 1174 1902; (p. 31) Meston objects to Kendall's reference in 'The Last of His Tribe' to 'slings,' which he argues were never used by Aborigines. This is the basis for the main theme of this essay: '[t]he intense conservatism and spirit of isolation of the Australian tribes,' which will lead inevitably to their 'unspeakably pathetic' disappearance. Meston supports his premise by noting that the Aborigines of the tip of Cape York did not adopt bows and arrows from the nearby Straits Islanders, nor generally did Aborigines adopt firearms from white men. The different dialects of Stradbroke, Moreton and Bribie Islands remained separate, as did the three languages spoken on Fraser Island. -
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A Key to the Eighth Book of the Victorian Readers : A Treatment of Poems
A. L. Maher
(editor),
Melbourne
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Ruskin Press
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1934
Z1433233
1934
selected work
criticism
Contains critical and teaching notes on all the poems (and extracts of poems) included in The Victorian Reading Books: Eighth Book, as well as biographical summaries of the poets. Topics discussed include the themes, metre, subject-matter, vocabulary and figures of speech.
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Henry Kendall's 'Aboriginal Man' : Autochthony and Extinction in the Settler Colony
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Modern Australian Criticism and Theory 2010; (p. 50-60) 'McCann shows how the poet Henry Kendall's dreams of establishing an Australian landscape are haunted at every turn by the indigenous presence...' Source: Modern Australian Criticism and Theory (2010) -
Double Vision : Aspects of Aboriginality in Kendall's Writing
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Henry Kendall : The Muse of Australia 1992; (p. 405-417)
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