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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Rich Yamaji
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Notes

  • A Yamatji or Yamitji is an Aboriginal person from the north-west of Western Australia (ie the Pilbara, the Gascoyne and the Murchison areas).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2005
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Those Who Remain Will Always Remember : An Anthology of Aboriginal Writing Anne Brewster (editor), Angeline O'Neill (editor), Rosemary van den Berg (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2000 Z339537 2000 anthology poetry prose biography essay short story life story autobiography biography interview non-fiction essay prose Indigenous story (taught in 4 units)

    'Culture and identity, suffering and the triumph of survival thread their way through the short stories, poems, legends, song lyrics, essays and commentaries in this... anthology of Aboriginal writing.

    Representing a range of regional and cultural differences, age groups and social circumstances, it is a testimony to the importance of the past in the construction of a better future.' Source: Publisher's blurb

    Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2000     pg. 152
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Agenda vol. 41 no. 1-2 Spring/Summer 2005 Z1230563 2005 periodical issue 2005 pg. 114-115
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Over There : Poems from Singapore and Australia John Kinsella (editor), Alvin Pang (editor), Singapore : Ethos Books , 2008 Z1452759 2008 anthology poetry 'Curated by two of the foremost literary figures of their generation, the ground-breaking Singapore-Australia anthology of poetry brings together for the first time the contemporary work of the finest poets at work in Singapore and Australia today. The anthology will feature a fresh selection of established as well as previously unreleased work from writers such as Edwin Thumboo and Cyril Wong from Singapore, and Dorothy Porter and Kevin Hart from Australia. Over 20 writers from each territory will be featured, representing the diverse and interesting voices currently at play in both territories, and creating an ongoing discourse between the exciting literary cultures of the two Pacific neighbours. The anthology ranges across many themes: from an ever-shifting sense of cultural, urban and personal identity to place, politics, sex, religion and more, with clear resonances and connections bridging the two territories. The book will be made available in both territories, marking the first time that a major Singaporean literary anthology is released to the wider Australian market.' [Source: Publisher's press release at http://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/store/images/new_titles/OverThere_PressRelease.pdf] Singapore : Ethos Books , 2008 pg. 70-71
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Land Anthology Yarning Strong Land Anthology South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 2011 Z1794666 2011 anthology extract poetry lyric/song drama children's South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 2011 pg. 7
Alternative title: Yamitji Rich
First line of verse: "Uncle often said, 'Yamatjis are rich people'" First known date: 2007
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Just Like That and Other Poems Charmaine Papertalk-Green , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2007 Z1382247 2007 selected work poetry

    'Charmaine Papertalk-Green’s poetry is intense and direct. She says what she means and is willing to take on issues that affect her community from outside and from within. She writes of Indigenous loss, but also about tensions and conflicts among her own people. For Papertalk-Green, culture isn’t in the past, it’s all around in the here and now.' (Source: Publisher's website)

         Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2007     pg. 14
    Note: This version includes some alterations to the text (rearrangement of lines, additional lines or part lines, change of tense, among others) that do not affect the overall narrative of the poem but which represent a sufficient intervention in the text to make it a separate expression.
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