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'Graeme Dixon's journey is one that has been made too often by too many Aboriginal people. It is a journey that lies within a legal system that has at its core a lock and key: on doors and windows, in hearts and minds it incarcerates whole communities. Graeme's poems and stories speak from the heart and they speak from experience, the living voice of Aboriginal prisoners past and present.' Source: Holocaust Revisited: Killing Time (2003)
Notes
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Dedication: Beryl Dixon (Mum), Israel and Kris (my boys, my hope). Tjalaminu Mia (motivator), Sally Morgan (mentor), Jill Milroy (teacher), Gabrielle Garratt(communication teacher), Professor Tom Stannage (Aboriginal/Australian history mentor), Ted Wilkes (ignitor of passion), Bob Eggington (role model), Rob Riley (RIP) role model and example of courage, Charles Perkins; til the end! Chikka Dixon, Kath Walker, Dean Collard, Kelton Pell - reactors, Rottnest and Brewery activists, and my Gnunies and Tiddas (my brothers and sisters - my flesh and blood).
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Epigraph: My brothers, both blood, country and spiritual, hopefully these words will help give peace of mind that comes with the ideal that yous are never alone in life.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Crawley,
Inner Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia
, 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Looking Back : Doing Time : Place of Internment, sequence life story (p. 21-47)
- Sister Kate's and the Salvo's Boy's Home, single work life story (p. 23-28)
- Hillston Boy's Farm, single work life story (p. 31-43)
- Fremantle Prison : As a First Timer, single work life story (p. 45-47)
- Grandfather Nyoongari"I remember my Grannie", single work poetry (p. 52)
- Song to Kyana (Kia Kyana!)i"Go back Nyoongar people", single work poetry (p. 52-53)
- Dedication (Our Mother - This Land)i"Since the Dreaming immemorial", single work poetry (p. 53)
- All for the Land : Part Ii"The land!", single work poetry (p. 55)
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All for the Land,
sequence
poetry
(p. 55-57)
Note:
The two parts of this sequence are separated in the work by a page of illustration
- All for the Land : Part IIi"But they are cursed", single work poetry (p. 57)
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Balardong Munyarii"Oh! Balardong Munyari",
single work
poetry
(p. 58)
Note: In this publication the title is Balladong Munyari
- Southern Bluesi"The sea-breeze cometh", single work poetry (p. 60)
- An Identity - Maybe!i"What is an Aborigine?", single work poetry (p. 61)
- Coolungar Thievesi"Nih! Listen! can you hear", single work poetry (p. 62)
- Sister Kate'si"When I was a boy", single work poetry (p. 63)
- Sundays at Mum's : Part Ii"Aromatic roasts can be smelt", single work poetry (p. 64)
- Memories of Dormitories : Part IIi"Though I had been parted", single work poetry (p. 65)
- Different, the Samei"When Northbridge was yet to be", single work poetry (p. 66-67)
- Friday Night in Helli"Obese barman bellows", single work poetry (p. 68)
- Prisoni"Form the moment that grill", single work poetry (p. 69)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Revisiting Holocaust
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 10 September no. 309 2003; (p. 28) -
Cry From the Heart
2003
single work
column
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 30 August 2003; (p. 15)
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Cry From the Heart
2003
single work
column
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 30 August 2003; (p. 15) -
Revisiting Holocaust
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 10 September no. 309 2003; (p. 28)
Last amended 7 Feb 2019 11:45:22
Subjects:
- Fremantle prison, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,
- Rottnest Island, Perth, Western Australia,
- Rottnest Island Aboriginal Prison, Rottnest Island, Perth, Western Australia,
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