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Author note: In 1968, archaeologists discovered the 40,000 year old cremated remains of a woman at Lake Mungo, in south western NSW - the oldest demonstrated ritual cremation anywhere in the world. It was also the beginning of unearthing evidence of a large and vibrant indigenous culture which had clustered around the lake system. Mungo, and the surrounding lakes, have been dry for 15,000 years.
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i) Road to Lake Mungo
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"Unseasonable, miraculous rain sweeps down from the north,",
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— Appears in: Even in the Dark 2013; (p. 23-24) -
iii) Mungo Woman
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"Wrapped in coracle",
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— Appears in: Even in the Dark 2013; (p. 25) -
ii) Winter Afternoon
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"In sturdy jacket and cap,",
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— Appears in: Even in the Dark 2013; (p. 24) -
iv) Mungo Time
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"Spirits swell and spill from sandy ridges,",
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— Appears in: Even in the Dark 2013; (p. 26) -
v) Old Woolshed
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"Splintered light runs like water all round the stark white",
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— Appears in: Even in the Dark 2013; (p. 27) -
vi) Mungo Poem
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"Scoured landscape",
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— Appears in: Even in the Dark 2013; (p. 28-29) -
vii) After Rain
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"Banded stilts have found out this new,",
2013
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Even in the Dark 2013; (p. 29)
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Subjects:
- Lake Mungo, Balranald - Hay area, Far South West NSW, New South Wales,
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