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Len Kenna Len Kenna i(A27926 works by)
Born: Established: Hamilton, Hamilton (Vic) area, Western District, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon It Happened in Heywood Len Kenna , Bundoora : Jika , 2001 Z1199070 2001 single work drama

A Young Sikh Hawker died in Heywood Victoria, ... - his brother arrives in town to cremate him. What do the town people think about this? What do they do? How do they respond? A few songs, some jokes and pathos.

Source: Author's homepage: http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/kenna/web/hawker.html
Sighted: 30/06/2005
1 y separately published work icon The Putting-Down of Ned Kelly Len Kenna , Bundoora : Jika , 1995 Z1199057 1995 single work drama

Melbourne late October 1880. A notorious bushranger Edward (Ned) Kelly is about to be brought to trial for murder following the killing of three police officers at Stringy Bark Creek in North East Victoria. Ned Kelly , was charged with the murder of Constable Lonigan who had been captured some weeks earlier in spectacular and highly unusual circumstances at Glenrowan, Victoria. Ned Kelly is imprisoned in the Melbourne Gaol awaiting trial. His mother is in the same gaol convicted to 3 years hard labour for aiding and abetting the attempted murder of Police Officer Constable Fitzgerald. The attempted murder of Fitzgerald is one of several charges pending against her son. During this time the City of Melbourne is one of the richest cities in the world. North Eastern Victoria where the Kellys live, is experiencing a series of droughts and economic decline in rural industries this has had a serious effect upon the social and economic activities of the area. There is a large gulf between the 'haves' in the city and the 'have nots' in the North East.

Source: Author's homepage, http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/kenna/web/kelly.html
Sighted: 30/06/2005
1 Tal-Am's Story Ends i "I am Tal-am,", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 51)
1 We Have Dance and Song i "We will make the people look and stare,", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 50)
1 Inland People i "To the north people on the pastoral properties,", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 46-49)
1 Missions i "Their food supplies no longer remained", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 44-45)
1 The Six-Pronged Attack i "There was disease", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 43)
1 Missionaries i "Godless heathens, the missionary said,", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 41-42)
1 Terra Nullus i "`Terra Nullus' the white man said,", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 38-40)
1 Corroboree i "Tribes for hundreds of miles around,", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 30-37)
1 Tal-Am and the Land i "This is the story of Tal-am and the land,", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 23-29)
1 I am Tal-Am i "I sat and watched the flames eat away", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 20-22)
1 Sleep's Odyssey i "The incense from the camp fires sends", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 17-19)
1 Tal-Am and Creation i "I am Tal-am.", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 9-16)
1 Images i "The bubbling creek - the call of an owl,", Len Kenna , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tal-Am 1989; (p. 3-8)
1 y separately published work icon Tal-Am Len Kenna , Bundoora : Jika , 1989 Z453991 1989 selected work poetry

The story of Tal-am commences in the Dreaming with the imaginary figure of Tal-am travelling from the beginning of time to the present, moving across the land, narrating incidents and events which affected Aboriginal life. Ta-lam is the dreaming - one man's Dreaming. It is a call for the recognition of Aboriginal culture with all of its beauty and richness.

Source: Author's homepage, http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/kenna/web/index.html
Sighted: 30/06/2005
1 y separately published work icon Beauty : The Ultimate Exhilaration Len Kenna , Bundoora : Jika , 1987 Z1136738 1987 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon It Happened in Hamilton Len Kenna , Bundoora : Jika , 1987 Z1136732 1987 single work novel historical fiction

'This is a story in poetic form of the observations of a small boy growing up in a country town [...] The book is, in effect, a history of the events that occurred in the Victorian town of Hamilton between 1939 and 1949...' (Back cover)
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