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1y Walg : A Novel of Australia New York (City) : Dodd, Mead , 1983 Z77109 1983 single work novel
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2y Karan New York (City) : Dodd, Mead , 1985 Z290034 1985 single work novel
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3y Gabo Djara New York (City) : Dodd, Mead , 1987 Z43727 1987 single work novel
'The final part of a trilogy, drawing on a tradition of tribal poetry and belief. The author uses the green ant, Gabo Djaro, as the basis for his allegory about the ravishment of aborigine land spoiled by the white man's uranium mining and tests for nuclear weapons. B. Wongar is the author of "The Track to Bralgu", "Walg" and "Karan".' (Publication summary)
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4y Raki : A Novel Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1994 Z857293 1994 single work novel (taught in 1 units)
Raki (which means rope) is set in Australia and Bosnia and deals with issues of black and white relations, ethnic conflict and multi-culturalism. Gara is an Aboriginal youth who is adopted by a Yugoslav family and taken bak to Bosnia. Caught up in the conflict there, he returns to Australia, only to end up in jail, where he hangs himself. (Source: Koori Mail Ed. 85 21 Sept. 1994)
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