Poems / by Kath Walker
- Bib ID:
- 6534520
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Oodgeroo Noonuccal, 1920-1993, author
- Description:
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- [Brisbane?] : [The Author?], [between 1962 and 1964]
- [i], 31 leaves ; 26 cm
- Summary:
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“Of the 31 poems here printed, 30 were first published in Walker’s first book “We Are Going: Poems” (Brisbane: Jacaranda, 1964). Two poems have slightly different titles (6 & 23) and all are arranged in a different order. We have not been able to find a published record of the extra poem “Peace” (No. 2). The theme of this poem is women against nuclear war, “Women unite; / Unite or pay the price / Of children scorched and scarred / With sterling sightless eyes. / Imbeciles, / Through nuclear war;” whereas the other poems relate to Aboriginal affairs. This leads us to suppose this is a prepublication copy of her manuscript poems submitted to Brisbane publisher Jacaranda Press. After a recommendation from Jacaranda’s poetry reader, Judith Wright, the collection was published in 1964 as “We Are Going: Poems.” The work was an immediate commercial success, selling more than ten thousand copies and making Walker the best-selling Australian poet since C. J. Dennis."--Catalogue from Read's Rare Book Shop, list 251, July 2014
- Full contents:
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- [Contents]
- 1. Aboriginal Charter of Rights (“The following poem by Mrs. Kath Walker, the Aboriginal Queensland State Secretary of the F.C.A.A. was prepared for and presented to the 5th Annual General Meeting of the F.C.A.A.” [Adelaide, 1962])
- 2. Peace
- 3. Son of mine
- 4. I am proud
- 5. Namatjira
- 6. Ballad of Cookalingee
- 7. We are going
- 8. Tree grave
- 9. Intolerance
- 10. Let us not be bitter
- 11. Gooboora, the silent pool
- 12. Dawn wail for the dead
- 13. Corroboree
- 14. Freedom
- 15. The dispossessed
- 16. The Teachers
- 17. Stone age
- 18. United we win
- 19. The Bunyip
- 20. My love
- 21. Colour bar
- 22. Acacia ridge
- 23. Unhappy race
- 24. An appeal
- 25. Then and now
- 26. White man - dark man
- 27. Why-not street
- 28. White Australia
- 29. All one race
- 30. The protectors
- 31. A song of hope.
- Notes:
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- Cover title.
- Roneoed.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2063 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1993
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1962
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