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Patsy Bedford Patsy Bedford i(8813390 works by)
Born: Established: Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Bunaba
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Details of Works Taught

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Jandamarra Steve Hawke , Mona Oscar (translator), Patsy Bedford (translator), Selina Middleton (translator), June Oscar (translator), Danny Marr (translator), Leederville : Prickly Pear Playscripts , 2008 Z1397771 2008 single work drama (taught in 2 units)

'Growing up just as the first pastoralists were cutting a swathe through his native lands, Jandamarra is one of Australia's great tragic heroes. Station child, angry young man, police tracker of his own people and finally inspirational leader of the most successful indigenous resistance against white settlement, his life was lived on the jagged edge of change and uncertainty. This story belongs the the Bunuba people of the Kimberley-but it speaks to everyone. (Source: Publisher)

 		Pre-War Australia from Stage to Webpage Macquarie University 2014 (Session 2)
y separately published work icon Jandamarra Steve Hawke , Mona Oscar (translator), Patsy Bedford (translator), Selina Middleton (translator), June Oscar (translator), Danny Marr (translator), Leederville : Prickly Pear Playscripts , 2008 Z1397771 2008 single work drama (taught in 2 units)

'Growing up just as the first pastoralists were cutting a swathe through his native lands, Jandamarra is one of Australia's great tragic heroes. Station child, angry young man, police tracker of his own people and finally inspirational leader of the most successful indigenous resistance against white settlement, his life was lived on the jagged edge of change and uncertainty. This story belongs the the Bunuba people of the Kimberley-but it speaks to everyone. (Source: Publisher)

 		Australian Literature Macquarie University 2016 (Semester 1)
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