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Song single work   poetry   "Life is ours in vain"
Issue Details: First known date: 1966... 1966 Song
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Adaptations

Song Iain Grandage (composer), Australian String Quartet (composer), 2019 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: The Glad Tomorrow 2019;

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Dawn Is at Hand Kath Walker , Brisbane : Jacaranda Press , 1966 Z195819 1966 selected work poetry

    'Through her poems, Kath Walker communicates the frustrations of Aborigines in the white world; her poems are brilliant and original.' (Source: GoodReads website)

         Brisbane : Jacaranda Press , 1966     pg. 36
  • 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. 76
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Age 21 September 1993 Z1255064 1993 newspaper issue 1993 pg. 12
  • 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. 73
Alternative title: Canzone
Language: Italian
  • 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)

         My People. La mia gente     Milan : Mimesis , 2022     pg. 252-253
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Works about this Work

Oodgeroo's Gift to the Grieving Joyce Gardiner , 1993 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 21 September 1993; (p. 12)
Oodgeroo's Gift to the Grieving Joyce Gardiner , 1993 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 21 September 1993; (p. 12)
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