AustLit logo
image of person or book cover 1536826404989982393.jpg
This image has been sourced from online.
y separately published work icon Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader anthology   extract   poetry   criticism   autobiography   prose   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Presents artwork, prose and poetry of thirty-six contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers from the off-shore island, the Northern Territory, and all six states of Australia.

Exhibitions

8714578
16842165

Notes

  • Dedication: For Marco.

Contents

* Contents derived from the New Brunswick, New Jersey,
c
United States of America (USA),
c
Americas,
:
Rutgers University Press , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Assimilation - No!i"Pour your pitcher of wine into the wide river", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 21)
Integration - Yes!i"Gratefully we learn from you,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Reconciliationi"When the white man took his bloodied boot", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Me and Jackomari Talkin About Land Rightsi"He said", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 23)
I Believei"I believe", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
'Please Mista Do'n Take Me Chilen, Please Mista Do'n'i""Please mista do'n take me chilen, please mista do'n"", Errol West , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
One Hundred and Fifty Yearsi"I walked slowly along the river", Jack Davis , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Mr. Don't Scratch My Rolexi"Him, that fulla over there,", Lisa Bellear , single work poetry (p. 27-29)
Mad Soulsi"I am a moody Murri", Lionel Fogarty , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Reed Flute Cavei"I didn't expect to meet you in Guilin", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Song of Dreamtimei"With our didgeridoos", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
'Sitting, Wondering, Do I Have a Place Here?'i"Sitting, wondering, do I have a place here?", Errol West , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
Untitledi"There is no one to teach me the songs that bring the Moon", Errol West , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Note: With title: 'There is No One to Teach Me the Songs...'
Forgotteni"It's sad when my children want to know", Margaret Brusnahan , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
K'gari, Olga Miller , single work prose Indigenous story (p. 39-40)
Marlu-Kurlui"Ngapa, Kanunju pamarrpa-wana", Pansy Rose Napaljarri , single work poetry (p. 41)
The Kangarooi"Water beneath the hills,", Pansy Rose Napaljarri , single work poetry (p. 41-42)
Like Leavesi"One by One", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 42)
Treei"I am the tree", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 43)
Cicadai"Cicada, cicada,", Jack Davis , single work poetry (p. 44)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New Brunswick, New Jersey,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Rutgers University Press ,
      1998 .
      image of person or book cover 1536826404989982393.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: lviii, 310pp.
      Description: illus., map
      Note/s:
      • Aboriginal Australia : A Time Line (p.[xxv]-xli).
      • Introduction by Kay Schaffer and Sidonie Smith.
      • Preface by Jennifer Sabbioni.
      • Glossary (p.[287]-293).
      • Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-301).
      ISBN: 0813524911, 9780813524917, 0813524962, 9780813524962

Works about this Work

Indigenous Stories Told Collectively BlackWords : Indigenous Stories Told Collectively Anita Heiss , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 5) The BlackWords Essays 2019;

In this essay Heiss discusses and explains the important role of anthologies in the creation of communities of writers and in acknowledging, consolidating and launching writing careers.

Stammering 'Country' Pedagogies : Sickness for and of the Home Sneja Gunew , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 86 2006; (p. 73-82, notes [183-185])
Includes discussion of several Australian works used in a graduate seminar in Canada in 2001 on the theme of content and country.
Untitled Heather Kemarre Smith , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media and Cultural Studies , vol. 13 no. 3 1999; (p. 399-400)

— Review of Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 anthology extract poetry criticism autobiography prose short story
Untitled Barbara Milech , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: a/b : Auto/Biography Studies , Winter vol. 14 no. 2 1999; (p. 332-336)

— Review of Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 anthology extract poetry criticism autobiography prose short story
[Review Essay] Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 The Country of Lost Children : An Australian Anxiety Tony Hughes-d'Aeth , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 44 no. 3 1999; (p. 123-126)

— Review of Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 anthology extract poetry criticism autobiography prose short story ; The Country of Lost Children : An Australian Anxiety Peter Pierce , 1999 multi chapter work criticism biography
Untitled Heather Kemarre Smith , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media and Cultural Studies , vol. 13 no. 3 1999; (p. 399-400)

— Review of Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 anthology extract poetry criticism autobiography prose short story
Country Voices Anita Heiss , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 58 no. 1 1999; (p. 196-200)

— Review of Across Country : Stories from Aboriginal Australia 1998 anthology short story ; Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 anthology extract poetry criticism autobiography prose short story
Mixing It Barbara Milech , Darlene Oxenham , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 11 no. 1999; (p. 10-13)

— Review of Sister Girl : The Writings of Aboriginal Activist and Historian Jackie Huggins Jackie Huggins , 1998 selected work prose interview essay biography ; Miles of Post and Wire 1998 single work life story ; Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 anthology extract poetry criticism autobiography prose short story
Indigenous Visions Adam Shoemaker , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1998-1999) no. 207 1998; (p. 27-28)

— Review of Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 anthology extract poetry criticism autobiography prose short story
Untitled John Scheckter , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , Spring vol. 73 no. 2 1999; (p. 389)

— Review of Indigenous Australian Voices : A Reader 1998 anthology extract poetry criticism autobiography prose short story
Stammering 'Country' Pedagogies : Sickness for and of the Home Sneja Gunew , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 86 2006; (p. 73-82, notes [183-185])
Includes discussion of several Australian works used in a graduate seminar in Canada in 2001 on the theme of content and country.
Indigenous Stories Told Collectively BlackWords : Indigenous Stories Told Collectively Anita Heiss , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 5) The BlackWords Essays 2019;

In this essay Heiss discusses and explains the important role of anthologies in the creation of communities of writers and in acknowledging, consolidating and launching writing careers.

Last amended 9 Jun 2015 13:26:24
X