| ISBN |
0702221805 |
| Author |
Davis, Jack (author.) |
| Title |
Paperbark : a collection of Black Australian writings / edited by Jack Davis....[et al.]. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 1990. |
| Description |
xiv, 369 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
UQP black Australian writers |
| UQP paperbacks |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-363) |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: p.347-363. |
| Contents |
Kirrkirr (Chicken hawk) / Jimmy Pike -- The legend of Jimmy's axe and other verses / Archie Weller -- Narroondarie's wives Wondangar, goon na ghun (Whale and star fish) / David Unaipon -- Testimony to Gawler -- Letter from Nepabunna -- A good thrashing / Tilly Bails -- Jilji Kurmalyi (Sandhills) / Jimmy Pike -- I went to Perth once too / Paddy Roe -- "Cuppa tea" song The possum woman / Ngitji Ngitji -- Goanna hibernating / Robert Churnside -- A story of Wongawol Station / Snowy Hill -- Purnarra / Jimmy Pike -- The letter / Sally Morgan -- Unwritten policy / Gloria Brennan -- Waterdogs / Jimmy Everett -- Old Cobraboor / Ellen Draper -- Mission truck / Maree Thorne -- White fantasy, black fact My brother Harold Pay back / Jack Davis -- Bidjibub / Tracy Bunda -- The way forgotten The concrete box Joey comes to the city / Hyllus Maris -- Stolen car / Archie Weller -- A letter from an aboriginal mother The trials of Nobby / Ruby Langford -- Nikky's story / Gordon Langford -- Gelam / Lydia George -- Pigeon story / Banjo Worrumarra -- The great journey of the aboriginal teenagers / Robert Bropho -- Reflections on a black childhood / Leanne Hollingsworth -- Nanya / William Ferguson -- Mirnmirt / Jimmy Pike -- Struggling / Mudrooroo Narogin -- Mirnmirt / Jimmy Pike -- Black girl / Jimmy Chi -- My Finke River home / Herbie Laughton -- Brown skin baby / Bob Randall -- Here comes the nigger (extract) / Gerry Bostock -- Bran Nue Dae (extract) / Jimmy Chi and others -- Ngurra Wanjulajarra (Land all over the world) / Jimmy Pike -- Aboriginal land-claims not excessive in the land of the great fair go / Rob Riley -- Restore dignity, restore land, restore life / Pat Dodson -- The year of mourning / Gary Foley ... [et al.] -- Still you keep asking asking / Nimbaliman. |
| Summary |
Prose, poetry, song, drama, and polemic of 36 Aboriginal and islander authors from all states and territories of Australia and dating from the 1840's to the present. |
| Subjects |
Pike, Jimmy, -- 1940-2002 |
| Morgan, Sally, -- 1951 January 18- |
| Ginibi, Ruby Langford, -- 1934-2011 |
| Chi, Jimmy |
| Aboriginal Australian literature |
| Short stories, Australian |
| Australian literature -- Aboriginal Australian authors |
| Aboriginal Australian literature -- 20th century |
| Authors, Black -- Australia -- Literary collections |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Davis, Jack, 1917-2000 (editor.) |
| Call number |
2018.522 |
