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Writing name for: Mudrooroo
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1 Extract - Wild Cat Falling Colin Johnson , 1995 extract novel (Wild Cat Falling)
— Appears in: An Anthology of Australian Literature 1995; (p. 222-235)
1 From Dr. Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World Colin Johnson , 1993 extract short story (Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World)
— Appears in: Australian Literature : An Anthology of Writing from the Land Down Under 1993;
1 From Sunlight Spreadeagles Perth in Blackness : A Bicentennial Gift Poem i "In the rising of the moon a woman screams lost to the feminist wail. A", Colin Johnson , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: New Literatures Review , Summer no. 17 1989; (p. 50-68)
1 16 y separately published work icon Dalwurra : The Black Bittern : A Poem Cycle Colin Johnson , Veronica Brady (editor), Karin Hearn (illustrator), Perth : University of Western Australia. Centre for Studies in Australian Literature , 1988 Z210544 1988 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Longwater : Aboriginal Art and Literature Annual 1988 Z1402439 1988 periodical issue
1 Black Poetry of 200 White Nights Colin Johnson , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 100 1988; (p. 35-36)

— Review of Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry 1988 anthology poetry
1 Two Hundred Years of Unconcerned Concern Colin Johnson , 1988 single work poetry prose
— Appears in: Blast , Winter no. 6/7 1988; (p. 7-8)
1 Home i "Wandering the beaches and creeks,", Colin Johnson , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Dalwurra : The Black Bittern : A Poem Cycle 1988; (p. 65) Antipodes , Spring vol. 2 no. 1 1988; (p. 3)
1 The Growth of Aboriginal Literature Colin Johnson , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , March vol. 7 no. 1 1988; (p. 53-54)
1 Foreword Colin Johnson , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: John Pat and Other Poems 1988; (p. ix-xiii)
1 Streets i "In the swirling waters,", Colin Johnson , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry 1988; (p. 46)
1 Reincarnation i "You rise like the phoenix", Colin Johnson , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry 1988; (p. 45)
1 y separately published work icon Chauvel and the Centring of the Aboriginal Male in Australian Film Colin Johnson , Perth : Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) , 1996 Z1627620 1987 single work criticism

Colin Johnson examine's the construction of Aboriginal identity in Charles Chauvel's Jedda, arguing that the film is not a realistic depiction of life, or of conflict between European and Aborigine as it is often taken to be, or a mishmash of 'Hollywood' images and romanticism transferred to Australia. Instead it is a film constructed from the ideological position of Chauvel - a position Johnson refers to as 'ideological authenticity.' A number of contradictions arise from his position, he writes. 'One such contradiction involves the positioning of the Aboriginal male in Australian film. From the book, Walkabout, it may be seen that Chauvel had ideas on what constituted a 'true' Aborigine, and this 'trueness' had little basis in reality, but in his holding such notions as 'the noble savage' - a stereotype familiar to us from Tarzan films.' However, while Chauvel sought to project the idea that he had made a quasi-documentary film, a 'true' story though clothed in action, showing what happens when the Aboriginal enters the white world and how it leads to tragedy, the flatness of his European characters, and the strength of Tudawali's role enables us to read the film as an Aboriginal text.'

'When reading the film as an Aboriginal text we see that its central conflict, the stealing of women and its resolution, is an old problem inherent in Aboriginal society. This central conflict enables Aboriginal men to strongly identify with Marbuk. 'Identification' is extended to Aboriginal women, too, especially mission women and station women, in that Christian indoctrination forbade them to have anything to do with such savage myalls as Marbuk. The mission inhabitants, predominantly women, were forced to forego their Aboriginality at least consciously. Only in dreams was it allowed to emerge, and it did. Forbidden, the savage, or the free Black Man became a fascinating sexual object for those women. Chauvel unwittingly transcended his film, for when he depicted the lure of Marbuk for Jedda, he was depicting the lure of Aboriginality for mission blacks... What makes his film rise above a B Hollywood film is not a plot so much as his casting of a black man in the leading role. Tudawali's acting ability and charisma dominates the film.'

1 1 y separately published work icon Big Sunday Colin Johnson , 1987 (Manuscript version)x400940 Z817451 1987 single work drama
1 Three Poems from India Colin Johnson , 1986 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Aspect : Art and Literature , August no. 34 1986; (p. 88-89)
1 Three poems from 'Songs of Jackie' (Unpublished) i "Song Eight: They give Jackie rights,... Song Twenty-One: A bottle of wine, a warm, warm thrill. Song Twenty-Three: I know that I am --", Colin Johnson , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: Aspect : Art and Literature , August no. 34 1986; (p. 58-59)
1 17 y separately published work icon The Song Circle of Jacky and Selected Poems Colin Johnson , Melbourne : Hyland House , 1986 Z446635 1986 selected work poetry

'The thirty-five poem sequence, The Song Circle Of Jacky, stresses the importance of traditional values and reflects bitter protest and anger at the humiliation of Aborigines in modern Australia.' (Publication summary) 

1 Did Wandjina Mark Out the Land? i "Did Wandjina mark out this land,", Colin Johnson , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Song Circle of Jacky and Selected Poems 1986; (p. 110) The Garden of Gethsemane : Poems from the Lost Decade 1991; (p. 178) Sin, Sweat and Sorrow : The Making of Capricornia Queensland 1840s - 1940s 1993; (p. 13)
1 Lines Written on the First Death Anniversary of Robert Marley, 11 May 1982 i "He died a year ago,", Colin Johnson , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Song Circle of Jacky and Selected Poems 1986; (p. 109) The Garden of Gethsemane : Poems from the Lost Decade 1991; (p. 177) Sin, Sweat and Sorrow : The Making of Capricornia Queensland 1840s - 1940s 1993; (p. 73)
1 Me Daddy i "Me daddy was a righteous man,", Colin Johnson , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Song Circle of Jacky and Selected Poems 1986; (p. 108) The Garden of Gethsemane : Poems from the Lost Decade 1991; (p. 176)
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