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Autobiographical study by a celebrated Aboriginal poet and playwright, who writes of his boyhood in the south-west of Western Australia during the depression years of the 1920s and 30s. Written with humour and compassion, this book provides insights into a significant literary figure and an interesting period of Australian history.
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Aboriginal Autobiographical Writings : Jack Davis, Ruby Langford & Sally Morgan
Saarbrucken
:
VDM Publishing
,
2008
8065930
2008
single work
criticism
'This book analyses three autobiographical works, namely "A Boy's Life" by Jack Davis, "Don't Take Your Love to Town" by Ruby Langford and "My Place" by Sally Morgan, with particular regard to Australia's controversial history and various features of the autobiographical genre. Within this context the book outlines answers to three crucial questions: Why are accounts of Indigenous people's lives becoming increasingly important in Australia? Which possibilities and problems arise when writing one's autobiography? How do Indigenous writers deal with the history of colonization on the fifth continent? This book and its examination of the above-mentioned autobiographies is intended to give students of the Aboriginal Australian culture an accurate account of how life as an Indigenous person among an Anglo-Australian society was in the past and still is now.' (Source: Google Books website)
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Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 9 no. 3 2001; (p. 46)
— Review of A Boy's Life 1991 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 30 May no. 252 2001; (p. 32)
— Review of A Boy's Life 1991 single work autobiography ; Desert Cowboy 2000 single work biography -
CoverNotes
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 4 February 2001; (p. 13)
— Review of A Boy's Life 1991 single work autobiography -
`The Real Australian Story': An Interview with Jack Davis
Adam Shoemaker
(interviewer),
1994
single work
interview
— Appears in: Jack Davis : The Maker of History 1994; (p. 22-47)
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Wide Horizons of Summer Reading
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December 1991 and vol. 6 no. 12 , January vol. 7 no. 1 1992; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The Second Bridegroom 1991 single work novel ; Master of the Ghost Dreaming 1991 single work novel ; Olga Masters : A Lot of Living : The Compelling Biography of this Much-Loved Writer 1991 single work biography ; God's Fool : The Life and Poetry of Francis Webb 1991 selected work criticism biography ; A Boy's Life 1991 single work autobiography ; North Life 1991 single work autobiography -
Pleasure from Vivid Memories
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 31 August 1991; (p. 12)
— Review of A Boy's Life 1991 single work autobiography -
Provocative Hughes Maintains the Page
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 September 1991; (p. rev 7)
— Review of A Boy's Life 1991 single work autobiography -
CoverNotes
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 4 February 2001; (p. 13)
— Review of A Boy's Life 1991 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 30 May no. 252 2001; (p. 32)
— Review of A Boy's Life 1991 single work autobiography ; Desert Cowboy 2000 single work biography -
Lives in Custody
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: After Mabo : Interpreting Indigenous Traditions 1993; (p. 27-53) -
The Environment : A "Bran Nue Dae" or a Very Ancient One?
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , December vol. 36 no. 4 1991; (p. 100-106) -
`The Real Australian Story': An Interview with Jack Davis
Adam Shoemaker
(interviewer),
1994
single work
interview
— Appears in: Jack Davis : The Maker of History 1994; (p. 22-47) -
y
Aboriginal Autobiographical Writings : Jack Davis, Ruby Langford & Sally Morgan
Saarbrucken
:
VDM Publishing
,
2008
8065930
2008
single work
criticism
'This book analyses three autobiographical works, namely "A Boy's Life" by Jack Davis, "Don't Take Your Love to Town" by Ruby Langford and "My Place" by Sally Morgan, with particular regard to Australia's controversial history and various features of the autobiographical genre. Within this context the book outlines answers to three crucial questions: Why are accounts of Indigenous people's lives becoming increasingly important in Australia? Which possibilities and problems arise when writing one's autobiography? How do Indigenous writers deal with the history of colonization on the fifth continent? This book and its examination of the above-mentioned autobiographies is intended to give students of the Aboriginal Australian culture an accurate account of how life as an Indigenous person among an Anglo-Australian society was in the past and still is now.' (Source: Google Books website)
- Western Australia,
- 1930s
