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Pearl Duncan Pearl Duncan i(7519871 works by)
Born: Established: Emmaville, Glen Innes area, New England, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 y separately published work icon The Role of Aboriginal Humour in Cultural Survival and Resistance Pearl Duncan , St Lucia : 2014 8366392 2014 single work single work criticism thesis

'This thesis investigates the function of humour in the survival of the Aboriginal people against all odds, including the onslaught of invasion, dispossession, powerlessness and oppression since the British invasion in 1788. ' (Source: Abstract)
1 Next Time You Get the Fruit Pearl Duncan , 2014 single work prose
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 39 no. 1/2 2014; (p. 72-92)
1 A Teacher's Life Pearl Duncan , 1985 single work biography
— Appears in: Fighters and Singers : The Lives of Some Australian Aboriginal Women 1985; (p. 40-54) Pearl Duncan talks about her life growing up in Bundarra, and becoming a Teacher.
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