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Taking Leave single work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Taking Leave
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    y separately published work icon Every Secret Thing Marie Munkara , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2009 Z1523127 2008 selected work short story (taught in 4 units)

    'In the Aboriginal missions of far northern Australia, it was a battle between saving souls and saving traditional culture.

    'Every Secret Thing is a rough, tough, hilarious portrayal of the Bush Mob and the Mission Mob, and the hapless clergy trying to convert them. In these tales, everyone is fair game.

    'At once playful and sharp, Marie Munkara's wonderfully original stories cast a taunting new light on the mission era in Australia.' (From the publisher's website.)

    St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2009
    pg. 98-103
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