AustLit
Details of Works Taught
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|---|
y
Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World
Colin Johnson
,
Melbourne
:
Hyland House
,
1983
Z383558
1983
single work
novel
historical fiction
(taught in 5 units)
'The young Wooreddy recognised the omen immediately, accidentally stepping on it while bounding along the beach: something slimy, something eerily cold and not from the earth. Since it had come from the sea, it was an evil omen. Soon after, many people died mysteriously, others disappeared without a trace, and once-friendly families became bitter enemies. The islanders muttered, 'It's the times', but Wooreddy alone knew more: the world was coming to an end. In Mudrooroo's unforgettable novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece, the author evokes with fullest irony the bewilderment and frailty of the last native Tasmanians, as they come face to face with the clumsy but inexorable power of their white destroyers. ...' (Source: Goodreads website) |
Australian Literature: Black and White | University of New England | 2008 (Semester 1) |
y
Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World
Colin Johnson
,
Melbourne
:
Hyland House
,
1983
Z383558
1983
single work
novel
historical fiction
(taught in 5 units)
'The young Wooreddy recognised the omen immediately, accidentally stepping on it while bounding along the beach: something slimy, something eerily cold and not from the earth. Since it had come from the sea, it was an evil omen. Soon after, many people died mysteriously, others disappeared without a trace, and once-friendly families became bitter enemies. The islanders muttered, 'It's the times', but Wooreddy alone knew more: the world was coming to an end. In Mudrooroo's unforgettable novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece, the author evokes with fullest irony the bewilderment and frailty of the last native Tasmanians, as they come face to face with the clumsy but inexorable power of their white destroyers. ...' (Source: Goodreads website) |
Australian Literature: Black and White | University of New England | 2010 (Semester 2, Summer Semester) |
y
Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World
Colin Johnson
,
Melbourne
:
Hyland House
,
1983
Z383558
1983
single work
novel
historical fiction
(taught in 5 units)
'The young Wooreddy recognised the omen immediately, accidentally stepping on it while bounding along the beach: something slimy, something eerily cold and not from the earth. Since it had come from the sea, it was an evil omen. Soon after, many people died mysteriously, others disappeared without a trace, and once-friendly families became bitter enemies. The islanders muttered, 'It's the times', but Wooreddy alone knew more: the world was coming to an end. In Mudrooroo's unforgettable novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece, the author evokes with fullest irony the bewilderment and frailty of the last native Tasmanians, as they come face to face with the clumsy but inexorable power of their white destroyers. ...' (Source: Goodreads website) |
Australian Literature: Black and White | University of New England | 2012 (Semester 2, Summer Semester) |
y
Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World
Colin Johnson
,
Melbourne
:
Hyland House
,
1983
Z383558
1983
single work
novel
historical fiction
(taught in 5 units)
'The young Wooreddy recognised the omen immediately, accidentally stepping on it while bounding along the beach: something slimy, something eerily cold and not from the earth. Since it had come from the sea, it was an evil omen. Soon after, many people died mysteriously, others disappeared without a trace, and once-friendly families became bitter enemies. The islanders muttered, 'It's the times', but Wooreddy alone knew more: the world was coming to an end. In Mudrooroo's unforgettable novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece, the author evokes with fullest irony the bewilderment and frailty of the last native Tasmanians, as they come face to face with the clumsy but inexorable power of their white destroyers. ...' (Source: Goodreads website) |
Australian Literature: Traditions and Revisions | University of Queensland | 2013 (Semester 1) |
y
Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World
Colin Johnson
,
Melbourne
:
Hyland House
,
1983
Z383558
1983
single work
novel
historical fiction
(taught in 5 units)
'The young Wooreddy recognised the omen immediately, accidentally stepping on it while bounding along the beach: something slimy, something eerily cold and not from the earth. Since it had come from the sea, it was an evil omen. Soon after, many people died mysteriously, others disappeared without a trace, and once-friendly families became bitter enemies. The islanders muttered, 'It's the times', but Wooreddy alone knew more: the world was coming to an end. In Mudrooroo's unforgettable novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece, the author evokes with fullest irony the bewilderment and frailty of the last native Tasmanians, as they come face to face with the clumsy but inexorable power of their white destroyers. ...' (Source: Goodreads website) |
Australian Literature: Traditions and Revisions | University of Queensland | 2012 (Semester 1) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|---|
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Australian Literature | Charles Sturt University | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Australian Literature | Charles Sturt University | 2012 |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Australian Literature | Charles Sturt University | 2015 (Semester 2) |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Australian Literature | Charles Sturt University | 2016 (Semester 2) |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Australian Fiction | Edith Cowan University | 2014 (Semester 2) |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Australian Fiction | Edith Cowan University | 2012 |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Australian Literature and Film | King's College London | 2009 (Semester 1) |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Postcolonial Australian Literature | King's College London | 2011 (Semester 2) |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Australian Literature and Film | King's College London | 2013 (Semester 1) |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Australian Literature 1960-1988 | University of Sydney | 2009 (Semester 2, Summer Semester) |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Revolutionary Writing?: 1960s and beyond | University of Sydney | 2011 (Semester 1) |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Revolutionary Writing? 1960s & Beyond | University of Sydney | 2015 (Semester 1) |
y
Wild Cat Falling
Colin Johnson
,
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1965
Z203627
1965
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
'Wild Cat Falling is the story of an Aboriginal youth, a 'bodgie' of the early sixties who grows up on the ragged outskirts of a country town, falls into petty crime, goes to gaol, and comes out to do battle once more with the society who put him there. Its publication in 1965 marked a unique literary event, for this was the first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia. As well, it is a remarkable piece of literature in its own right, expressing the dilemmas and conflicts of the young Aboriginal in modern Australian society with its memorable insight and stylishness.' (Publication summary) |
Australian Literature and the Canonical Imaginary | University of Sydney | 2016 (Semester 1) |