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The Teachers single work   poetry   "Holy men, you came to preach:"
Issue Details: First known date: 1964... 1964 The Teachers
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  • Dedication: for Mother, Who Was Never Taught to Read or Write

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon We Are Going : Poems Kath Walker , Brisbane : 1962-1964 10030765 1962 selected work poetry
    — Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 181-247)

    This is the first collection of poems by Oodgeroo Noonuccal (originally published as Kath Walker).

         Brisbane : Jacaranda Press , 1964     pg. 17
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon My People : A Kath Walker Collection Kath Walker , Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1970 Z1325109 1970 selected work poetry essay

    'Oodgeroo's writing is often a provocative and passionate plea for justice. My People is a collection of poetry and prose and a reminder of Oodgeroo's contribution to indigenous culture and the journey to reconciliation.' (Source: Reading Australia website)

         Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1970     pg. 26
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Jindyworobaks Brian Elliott (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1979 Z354916 1979 anthology poetry criticism extract St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1979 pg. 296
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Oodgeroo Kathleen J. Cochrane , Ron Hurley (illustrator), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1994 Z91638 1994 single work biography

    Includes poems, memories, anecdotes, personal notes and recollections by Oodgeroo, as well as photographs and an appreciation by Judith Wright.

         St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1994     pg. 49
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon My People : A Kath Walker Collection Kath Walker , Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1970 Z1325109 1970 selected work poetry essay

    'Oodgeroo's writing is often a provocative and passionate plea for justice. My People is a collection of poetry and prose and a reminder of Oodgeroo's contribution to indigenous culture and the journey to reconciliation.' (Source: Reading Australia website)

         Milton : John Wiley and Sons , 2007     pg. 23
Alternative title: Gli insegnanti
First line of verse: "Holy men, you came to preach:=Santi uomini, siete venuti a predicare:"
Language: English , Italian
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going Francesca Di Blasio , Margherita Zanoletti , Trento : Università degli studi di Trento, Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia , 2013 8187749 2013 selected work criticism poetry

    Il presente volume rappresenta il primo contributo critico italiano interamente incentrato sulla figura della grande poetessa australiana Oodgeroo Noonuccal. Libro ibrido e strutturalmente composito, esso ospita la prima versione italiana integrale della raccolta poetica d’esordio di Oodgeroo (all’epoca Kath Walker), We Are Going (1964).

    The volume aims to introduce to the Italian audience the seminal work of the Indigenous poet Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal, and contains the first Italian translation of her first collection of poetry, We Are Going (1964). [from 'Encountering Australia: Transcultural Conversations' conference program, European Association for Studies of Australia (EASA), 24-26 September 2014, Monash Prato Centre, Prato Italy]

         Trento : Università degli studi di Trento, Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia , 2013     pg. 200-201
    Note:

    Dedication:

    for Mother, who was never taught to read or write

    A mi madre, cui non fu mai insegnato a leggere e scrivere
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Works about this Work

Look to the New-Found Dreaming : Identity and Technique in Australian Aboriginal Writing Chris Tiffin , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 20 no. 1 1985; (p. 156-170)
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