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Herb Wharton Herb Wharton i(A33603 works by) (a.k.a. Herbert Horsely Wharton; Herbert Morsely Wharton)
Born: Established: 1936 Cunnamulla, Cunnamulla area, South West Queensland, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Guwamu / Kooma
(Storyteller) assertion
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Details of Works Taught

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories Herb Wharton , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1994 Z271270 1994 anthology prose (taught in 2 units) Wharton's stories, based on interviews and conversations with Murri stockmen and women, document the contribution of Aboriginal workers to Australia's pastoral history. Wharton says: 'I felt honoured to be allowed to write the stories of these Aborigines, whose names are now recorded as part of the history of Australia' (Foreword to Cattle Camp). Reading Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Writing University of the Sunshine Coast 2014 (Semester 2)
y separately published work icon Cattle Camp : Murrie Drovers and Their Stories Herb Wharton , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1994 Z271270 1994 anthology prose (taught in 2 units) Wharton's stories, based on interviews and conversations with Murri stockmen and women, document the contribution of Aboriginal workers to Australia's pastoral history. Wharton says: 'I felt honoured to be allowed to write the stories of these Aborigines, whose names are now recorded as part of the history of Australia' (Foreword to Cattle Camp). Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing University of the Sunshine Coast 2016 (Semester 1)
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