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Issue Details: First known date: 1962... 1962 We Are Going : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Brisbane, Queensland,:Jacaranda Press , 1964 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Aboriginal Charter of Rightsi"We want hope, not racialism,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
My Lovei"Possess me? No, I cannot give", Kath Walker , single work poetry
This poem may be a re-working of the earler poem with the same title published in Our Women, 1963.
 (p. 11)
Colour Bari"When vile men jeer because my skin is brown,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 12)
Son of Minei"My son, your troubled eyes search mine,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 13)
I Am Proudi"I am black of skin among whites,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 14)
Namatjirai"Aboriginal man, you walked with pride,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Dispossessedi"Peace was yours, Australian man, with tribal laws you made,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 16)
The Teachersi"Holy men, you came to preach:", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 17)
Then and Nowi"In my dreams I hear my tribe", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 18)
White Man, Dark Mani"Abo man, we", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 19)
Corroboreei"Hot day dies, cook time comes.", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 20)
Cookalingeei"Cookalingee, now all day", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Stone Agei"White man, only time is between us.", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 23)
Freedomi"Brumby on the wide plain,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 24)
We Are Goingi"They came in to the little town", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 25)
Tree Gravei"When our lost one left us", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 26)
United We Wini"The glare of a thousand years is shed on the black man's wistful face,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 27)
The Bunyipi"You keep quiet now, little fella,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 28)
Gooboora, the Silent Pooli"Gooboora, Gooboora, the Water of Fear", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 29)
Dawn Wail for the Deadi"Dim light of daybreak now", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 30)
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