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Notes
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Editors' note on cover: Poems, essays and meditations. A companion volume to Ngara: the Fourth Australian Poetry Festival
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Epigraph: 'Taste the echo of my Rainbow / Feel his flesh fade into the Nothing / like a Wafer on your tongue. / Come we feast Silently together.' (John Muk Muk Burke from 'Us', in Night Song, And Other Poems).
Contents
* Contents derived from the Five Islands Press
,The Poets Union
, 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Canto XXV Bulimiai"Australia we can't remember you the way you were-", single work poetry (p. 11)
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Lest We Forget,
single work
essay
(p. 15-24)In this essay Reynolds asks why Australian Aborigines massacred during British settlement are not commemorated as war dead.
- A Crookwell Poemi"Initially I thought 'strange' -", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
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Conversations of Hope: Towards a History of Possibilities,
single work
essay
(p. 29-34)In this essay McKenna talks about the process of writing Looking For Blackfellas' Point and his own 'discovery' of the south-eastern NSW.
- The Catechism of Dr George Imlayi"What do you hear when you count them out loud", single work poetry (p. 35)
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You Can't Train a Cat,
single work
essay
(p. 36-39)This essay focuses on the erronous idea prevelant since the white settlers, that because Aboriginal people couldn't be trained, they were stupid. The article discusses conformity to white western ideology. The essay concludes with: 'You can't train a cat and you can't train an Aborigine to do anything he or she does not want to do. The final and by no means the least important question to finish with, what would you prefer to be: a free-thinking independent person or a compliant, obsequious, arse-licker?'
- Pelt Patchesi"Before the Europeans", single work poetry (p. 40)
- Listeni"I listen to you", single work poetry (p. 41-42)
- A Poem for the APEC Ministersi"I write", single work poetry (p. 43-45)
- Justice Blackburn Sails with Cooki"The land was bare", single work poetry (p. 46)
- The Long Agistment: Yulgilbar 1842i"We said that we had made war upon them", single work poetry (p. 47-48)
- A Classic Texti"Writing it up a century later", single work poetry (p. 49-51)
- Court Report: June 3rd, 1992i"The law at last", single work poetry (p. 52)
- The Stature of Mokarei"I'm walking down the colony's main street", single work poetry (p. 53)
- To Mudroorooi"I saw you at Wisdom books buying Buddhist texts.", single work poetry (p. 54)
- The Headmasteri"my headmaster sat in (wood)", single work poetry (p. 55)
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How Might The Non-Indigenous Australian Be At Home Here? What Can We Learn From Indigenous Culture?,
single work
essay
(p. 59-66)Throughout this essay Rowland makes a connection between her feelings for her 'soul-country', Ireland and Australia
- From Eigse Michael Hartnett: Sections III and IVi"III. And then there were the others:", single work poetry (p. 67-68)
- The Gift Of Leavingi"Just when I have it by heart:", single work poetry (p. 69-70)
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Revisiting the Idea of Home,
single work
essay
(p. 71-75)'I want to address one of the questions listed in this year's Poetry Festival outline, namely, "how might the non-Indigenous Australian be at home here?"' (p.71)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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From the Verandah
2012
single work
essay
— Appears in: Demanding the Impossible : Seven Essays on Resistance 2012; (p. 7-25) -
Australia's Past Infringes on the Present
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 20 no. 2 2006; (p. 213)
— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay -
Not the Review
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 31 2005; (p. 148-168)
— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay ; Fontanelle : A Collection of Poems 2004 selected work poetry ; Dark Laughter 2004 selected work poetry ; The Writing Experiment : Strategies for Innovative Creative Writing 2005 single work criticism ; Drums and Bonnets 2003 selected work poetry ; The Colosseum 2004 selected work poetry ; Echoes from the Firetrails 2005 selected work poetry ; Stories of Bird 2005 selected work poetry ; Cities with Moveable Parts 2005 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: API Review of Books , August no. 36 2005;
— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay
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Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: API Review of Books , August no. 36 2005;
— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay -
Not the Review
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 31 2005; (p. 148-168)
— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay ; Fontanelle : A Collection of Poems 2004 selected work poetry ; Dark Laughter 2004 selected work poetry ; The Writing Experiment : Strategies for Innovative Creative Writing 2005 single work criticism ; Drums and Bonnets 2003 selected work poetry ; The Colosseum 2004 selected work poetry ; Echoes from the Firetrails 2005 selected work poetry ; Stories of Bird 2005 selected work poetry ; Cities with Moveable Parts 2005 selected work poetry -
Australia's Past Infringes on the Present
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 20 no. 2 2006; (p. 213)
— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay -
From the Verandah
2012
single work
essay
— Appears in: Demanding the Impossible : Seven Essays on Resistance 2012; (p. 7-25)
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