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#Thoughts on Aboriginal Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

J. Kable
J. Kable*
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Back in early 1982, a mate in New Zealand wrote to me describing, in a very excited manner, his research into cultural aspects of Maori people, especially with respect to the poetry relating to funeral rites. Concurrently, I was completing the Multicultural Education Diploma, and fostering an infant interest in aspects of Australian literature dealing with the immigrant experience and cultural difference (viz. Judah Waten’s Alien Son, and Nancy Keesing’s Shalom). Whilst I had not at that stage successfully made the link between such literature and its effective use in the educational process of students of non-English speaking background, I remember thinking that perhaps I should soon pursue a course which would lead me to an understanding of Aboriginal Australians, in some way similar to Terry’s pursuit in New Zealand.

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Across Australia ……. from Teacher to Teacher
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 1985 , pp. 31 - 52
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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Aboriginal Literature – Compiled by Jim Kable.

Drama

Davis, Jack: Rullark and The Dreamers. Currency Press, Sydney, 1982.Google Scholar
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Poetry

Davis, Jack: Jagardoo. Methuen, 1978.Google Scholar
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Novels

Clare, Monica: Karobran. A.P.C.O.L., Chippendale, 1978.Google Scholar
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Johnson, Colin: Long Live Sandawara. Hyland House, Vic, 1979.Google Scholar
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Biography

Banggaiyerri. The story of Jack Sullivan as told to Bruce Shaw. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1983.Google Scholar
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Traditional Stories

Bunung/Maralngura, et al.: Djugurba (Tales from the Spirit Time). A.N.U. Press, Canberra, 1974.Google Scholar
Roe, Paddy: gularabulu (Stories from the West Kimberley). Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1983.Google Scholar
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History

Butlin, Noel: Our Original Aggression. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1983.Google Scholar
Nathan, & Japanangka, : Settle Down Country: Pmere Arlaltyewele. Kibble Books and the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, 1983.Google Scholar
Reynolds, Henry: The Other Side of the Frontier. Penguin, 1982.Google Scholar
Bandler, Faith, & Fox, Len: The Time Was Ripe. A.P.C.O.L., 1983.Google Scholar