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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Aboriginal Literature | |
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| Bennelog (c. 1764-1813) | |
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| Letter to Mr Philips, Lord Sydney's Steward | |
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| Thomas Brune (c. 1829-1841) | |
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| The Aboriginal or Flinders Island Chronicle | |
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| The Flinders Island Weekly Chronicle | |
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| Weekly Chronicle | |
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| Mary Ann Arthur (c. 1819-1871) | |
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| Letter to Colonial Secretary, Van Diemen's Land | |
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| Walter George Arthur (c. 1820-1861) | |
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| Letter to Colonial Secretary, Van Dieman's Land | |
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| Kitty Brangy (c. 1859-1918) | |
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| Letter to Edith Brangy | |
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| William Barak (c. 1824-1903) | |
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| Letter to the Editor by the Coranderrk Aborigines | |
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| Annie Rich (c. 1859-1937) | |
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| Letter to Solicitor, for Captain Page, Secretary of the Victorian for the Protection of Aborigines | |
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| Bessie Cameron (c. 1851-1895) | |
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| Letter to the Editor | |
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| Maggie Mobourne (c. 1872-1917) | |
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| Petition to D.N. McLeod, Vice-Chairman of the Victorian Board for the Protection of Aborigines | |
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| David Unaipon (1872-1967) | |
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| Aborigines, Their Traditions and Customs: Where Did They Come From? | |
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| Hungarrda | |
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| Narrinyeri Saying | |
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| The Voice of the Great Spirit | |
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| Norman Harris (c. 1898-1968) | |
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| Letter to Jim Bassett | |
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| William Cooper (c. 1861-1941) | |
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| Petition to the King | |
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| Anna Morgan (1874-1935) | |
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| Under the Black Flag | |
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| William Ferguson (1882-1950) and John Patten (1905-1957) | |
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| Aborigines Claim Citizen Rights! | |
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| Pearl Gibbs (1901-1983) | |
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| Radio Broadcast | |
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| Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920-1993) | |
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| Speech Launching the Petition of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement | |
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| Aboriginal Charter of Rights | |
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| The Dispossessed | |
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| We Are Going | |
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| Assimiliation-No! | |
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| Integration-Yes! | |
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| The Dawn is at Hand | |
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| No More Boomerang | |
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| Ballad of the Totems | |
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| Doug Nicholls (1906-1988) | |
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| Letter to the Editor | |
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| Yirrkala People | |
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| Yirrkala Bark Petition | |
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| Narritjin Maymuru (c. 1916-1981) | |
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| Letter to Mr H.E. Giese, Director of Aboriginal Welfare, NT | |
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| Vincent Lingiari (1919-1988) | |
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| Gurindji Petition to Lord Casey, Governor General | |
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| Joe Timbery (1912-1978) | |
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| The Boomerang Racket | |
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| Charles Perkins (1936-2000) | |
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| Letter to the Editor | |
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| Jack Davis (1917-2000) | |
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| The First-born | |
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| The Black Tracker | |
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| Warru | |
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| Integration | |
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| Walker | |
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| From No Sugar | |
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| John A. Newfong (1943-1999) | |
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| To Number One Fella Big White Boss | |
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| Gerry Bostock (b. 1942) | |
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| From Here Comes the Nigger | |
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| Monica Clare (1924-1973) | |
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| From Karobran | |
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| Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) | |
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| People Are Legends | |
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| From The Cherry Pickers | |
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| Me and Jackomari Talkin' About Land Rights | |
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| Redfern | |
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| Tree | |
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| Speech at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra | |
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| Song of Dreamtime | |
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| Lionel Fogarty (b. 1958) | |
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| Shields Strong, Nulla Nullas Alive | |
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| Decorative Rasp, Weaved Roots | |
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| Ecology91 | |
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| For I Come-Death in Custody | |
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| Kath Walker | |
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| Dulpai-Ila Ngari Kim Mo-Man | |
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| Alcheringa | |
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| Bruce Pascoe (b. 1947) | |
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| The Slaughters of the Bulumwaal Butcher | |
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| Ida West (1919-2003) | |
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| From Pride Against Prejudice | |
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| Eric Willmot (b. 1936) | |
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| From Pemulwuy | |
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| Glenyse Ward (b. 1949) | |
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| From Wandering Girl | |
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| Sally Morgan (b. 1951) | |
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| From My Place | |
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| Pat Torres (b. 1956) | |
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| Gurrwayi Gurrwayi,The Rain Bird | |
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| Wangkaja, The Mangrove Crab | |
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| Ruby Langford Ginibi (b. 1934) | |
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| From Don't Take Your Love to Town | |
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| Burnum Burnum (1936-1997) | |
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| The Burnum Burnum Declaration | |
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| Errol West (1947-2001) | |
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| 'Sitting, wondering, do I have a place here?' | |
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| Galarrwuy Yunupingu (b. 1948) | |
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| Barunga Statement | |
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| Bill Neidjie (c. 1913-2002) | |
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| Ann ... Bush-Honey There! | |
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| Bob Randall (b. 1934) | |
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| Brown Skin Baby | |
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| Sam Watson (b. 1952) | |
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| From The Kadaitcha Sung | |
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| Graeme Dixon (b. 1955) | |
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| Six Feet of Land Rights | |
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| Holocaust Island | |
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| Archie Roach (b. 1955) | |
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| Took the Children Away | |
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| Jimmy CHI (b. 1948) | |
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| From Bran Nue Dae | |
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| Mandawuy Yunupingu (b. 1956) | |
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| Treaty | |
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| Jimmy Pike (c. 1940-2002) | |
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| From Yinti | |
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| Philip Mclaren (b. 1943) | |
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| From Sweet Water ... Stolen Land | |
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| Kev Carmody (b. 1946) | |
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| From Little Things Big Things Grow | |
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| Patrick Dodson (b. 1948) | |
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| Welcome Speech to Conference on the Position of Indigenous People in National Constitutions | |
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| Marcia Langton (b. 1951) | |
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| From 'Well, I Heard It on the Radio and I Saw It on the Television ... | |
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| Rita Huggins (1921-1996) and Jackie Huggins (b. 1956) | |
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| From Auntie Rita | |
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| Jessie Lennon (c. 1925-2000) | |
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| From And I Always Been Moving! | |
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| Romaine Moreton (b. 1969) | |
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| Genocide is Never Justified | |
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| Don't Let It Make You Over | |
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| I Shall Surprise You By My Will | |
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| Herb Wharton (b. 1936) | |
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| Boat People-Big Trial | |
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| Doris Pilkington (b. 1937) | |
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| From Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence | |
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| Alf Taylor (b. 1947) | |
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| The Wool Pickers | |
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| Lisa Bellear (1961-2006) | |
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| Women's Liberation | |
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| Woman of the Dreaming | |
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| Urbanised Reebocks | |
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| Taxi | |
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| Mick Dodson (b. 1950) | |
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| We All Bear the Cost if Apology is Not Paid | |
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| Alexis Wright (b. 1950) | |
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| From Plains of Promise | |
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| From Carpentaria | |
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| Melissa Lucashenko (b. 1967) | |
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| From Steam Pigs | |
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| John Muk Muk Burke (b. 1946) | |
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| A Poem for Gran | |
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| Jennifer Martiniello (b. 1949) | |
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| Uluru by Champagne | |
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| Emily Kngwarreye | |
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| Kenny Laughton (b. 1950) | |
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| The Tunnel Rats of Phuoc Tuy | |
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| Kim Scott (b. 1957) | |
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| From Benang | |
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| Barbara Nicholson (b. 1935) | |
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| The Bastards | |
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| Richard Frankland (b. 1963) | |
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| Two World One | |
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| Kerry Reed-Gilbert (b. 1956) | |
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| Let's Get Physical | |
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| Vivienne Cleven (B. 1968) | |
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| From Bitin' Back | |
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| Noel Pearson (b. 1965) | |
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| The Need for Intolerance | |
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| Wesley Enoch (b. 1969) | |
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| From Black Medea | |
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| Samuel Wagan Watson (b. 1972) | |
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| Recipe for Metropolis Brisbane | |
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| For the Wake and Skeleton Dance | |
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| White Stucco Dreaming | |
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| Cheap White-goods at the Dreamtime Sale | |
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| Dennis Mcdermott (b. 1946) | |
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| Dorothy's Skin | |
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| Larissa Behrendt (b. 1969) | |
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| From Home | |
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| Stephen Hagan (b. 1959) | |
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| From the N Word | |
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| Jim Everett (B. 1942) | |
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| planegarrartoothenar | |
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| Tony Birch (b. 1957) | |
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| The True History of Beruk | |
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| Terrijanke (b. 1966) | |
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| Exotica | |
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| Jared Thomas (b. 1976) | |
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| The Healing Tree | |
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| Tara June Winch (b. 1983) | |
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| From Swallow the Air | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Selected Reading | |
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| Sources and Permissions | |
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| Index | |