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Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 Babaru : Stories
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Notes

  • Dedication: To Alan Paton. You taught me that all men should be equal.
  • Epigraph: I'm taking you to bare and waterless country. - Wailing chant, northern Australia
  • Three stories from this book were first published in French in Les Temps Modernes, Sept. 1981, under the title 'Babaru : la famille'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Kury, the Wife, B. Wongar , single work short story (p. 1-8)
Wawa, My Brother, B. Wongar , single work short story (p. 9-17)
Cockatoo Man, B. Wongar , single work short story (p. 18-26)
Babaru, the Family, B. Wongar , single work short story

Raunga is the daughter of a white man she calls Padre and an Aboriginal woman. She believes her mother is a crocodile who has left them for now. In her stead, Raunga cares for her younger siblings, Anabrn and Purelko. Purelko is disabled and needs to be watched and fed by hand.

Raunga recounts her life with Padre and Mother, and the history of her land, which she calls Dulbu country.

(p. 27-38)
Warand, the Dingo, B. Wongar , single work short story (p. 39-44)
Balandja, the Cockatoos, B. Wongar , single work short story (p. 45-53)
Dugaruru, B. Wongar , single work short story (p. 54-62)
Bungawa, My Master, B. Wongar , single work short story (p. 63-68)
Yudu, the Children, B. Wongar , single work short story (p. 69-79)
Five-Dog Night, B. Wongar , single work short story (p. 80-85)
The Billabong, B. Wongar , single work short story (p. 86-93)
Wirgul, the Daughter, B. Wongar , single work short story (p. 94-99)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: Russian

Works about this Work

Letters B. Wongar , 1991 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 132 1991; (p. 56)
A Surrealistic Treatment of Aboriginal Mythology... Patricia Excell , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 5 no. 2 1991; (p. 152)

— Review of Babaru : Stories B. Wongar , 1982 selected work short story
Edgy Presence of a Narrator Behind the Storytellers Rob Johnson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 13 July 1991; (p. 13)

— Review of Babaru : Stories B. Wongar , 1982 selected work short story
Is this Deliberate? Rosie Adams , Elizabeth Kohut , Elizabeth Webber , Jenny Noyce , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 130 1991; (p. 8-9)
In the Tracks of the Reader, In the Tracks of B. Wongar Michael Connor , David Matthews , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 48 no. 4 1989; (p. 713-721)
Edgy Presence of a Narrator Behind the Storytellers Rob Johnson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 13 July 1991; (p. 13)

— Review of Babaru : Stories B. Wongar , 1982 selected work short story
A Surrealistic Treatment of Aboriginal Mythology... Patricia Excell , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 5 no. 2 1991; (p. 152)

— Review of Babaru : Stories B. Wongar , 1982 selected work short story
Letters B. Wongar , 1991 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 132 1991; (p. 56)
In the Tracks of the Reader, In the Tracks of B. Wongar Michael Connor , David Matthews , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 48 no. 4 1989; (p. 713-721)
Is this Deliberate? Rosie Adams , Elizabeth Kohut , Elizabeth Webber , Jenny Noyce , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 130 1991; (p. 8-9)
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