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By permission of Anita Heiss and Allen & Unwin.
y separately published work icon Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature anthology   poetry   drama   prose   correspondence   criticism   extract  
Note: Edited by Anita Heiss and Peter Minter; General Editor, Nicholas Jose.
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Allen and Unwin , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The First-Borni"Where are my first-born, said the brown land, sighing", Jack Davis , single work poetry (p. 57-58)
The Black Trackeri"He served mankind for many a year", Jack Davis , single work poetry (p. 58)
Warrui"Fast asleep on the wooden bench,", Jack Davis , single work poetry (p. 58-59)
Integrationi"Let these two worlds combine,", Jack Davis , single work poetry (p. 59-60)
Walker (to Kath)i"Fight on, Sister, fight on,", Jack Davis , single work poetry (p. 60)
Note: Kath Walker, Aboriginal poet and activist also known as Oodgeroo Noonuccal
From No Sugar (Act 2, Scene 6), Jack Davis , extract drama (p. 61-64)
From : Here Comes the Nigger, Gerry Bostock , single work extract drama (p. 67-72)
From Karobran (Chapter 4), Monica Clare , extract novel (p. 72-76)
People are Legendsi"Kill the legend butcher it with your acute cynicisms", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 77)
From The Cherry Pickers (Act 3, Scene 2)i"At the old Cherry Tree - King Eagle.", Kevin Gilbert , extract drama (p. 77-82)
Me and Jackomari Talkin' About Land Rightsi"He said don't be like the rest of 'em but a big loose mouth or a pen", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 83)
Redferni"In the savage streets of Redfern where the 'cockatoo' and turk peer from the doors", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 83-84)
Treei"I am the tree the lean hard hungry land the crow and eagle", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 84-85)
Song of Dreamtimei"With our didgeridoos", Kevin Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 86-87)
Shields Strong, Nulla Nullas Alivei"Morning dawning stems that core", Lionel Fogarty , single work poetry (p. 87-88)
Decorative Rasp, Weaved Rootsi"If I am not a race then what am I", Lionel Fogarty , single work poetry (p. 88-91)
Ecologyi"I am a frill necked lizard roaming, providing", Lionel Fogarty , single work poetry (p. 91)
For I Come - Death In Custodyi"I in a jail. Even a murri wouldn't know if him free.", Lionel Fogarty , single work poetry (p. 92)
Kath Walkeri"We are coming, even going I was born in 1957 the year after I became a realist", Lionel Fogarty , single work poetry (p. 93)
'Dulpai - Ila Ngari Kim Mo-Man'i"Moppy, Aborigine, Gumbal Gumbal was he Aborigines King Billy was him;", Lionel Fogarty , single work poetry (p. 93-99)
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