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Notes
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Includes: List of Workers at the Napier Station in 1949.
Contents
- The Message : You Listen To This Very Carefully, single work life story (p. xi-xv)
- My Name Is Morndi, single work life story (p. 1-17)
- Emerarra : My Country, single work life story (p. 19-34)
- They Picked Me Up, single work life story (p. 35-55)
- Working the Station, single work life story (p. 57-86)
- Jealous Business, single work life story (p. 87-113)
- From Rations to Money Time, single work life story (p. 115-145)
- I've Got It In My Mind, single work life story (p. 147-153)
- High English for High People, single work non-fiction (p. 155-164)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Writers on Country
BlackWords : Writers on Country
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 3) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss not only illustrates the breakdown of stereotypes of what Indigenous relationship with land is, but she showcases the wealth of literature being penned nationally by writers who express the diversity of their experiences of 'country'. Whether it be their traditional lands, places they have chosen to relocate to; those that they or their families were removed to; places that people call home and/or connect to; and those who embrace a physical landscape. An historical, social and political space that renders them specifically and culturally significant to individuals, families and community.
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Skilled Insight into a Hard Life
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 23 April no. 149 1997; (p. 36)
— Review of Emerarra : A Man of Merarra 1996 single work life story
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Skilled Insight into a Hard Life
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 23 April no. 149 1997; (p. 36)
— Review of Emerarra : A Man of Merarra 1996 single work life story -
Writers on Country
BlackWords : Writers on Country
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 3) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss not only illustrates the breakdown of stereotypes of what Indigenous relationship with land is, but she showcases the wealth of literature being penned nationally by writers who express the diversity of their experiences of 'country'. Whether it be their traditional lands, places they have chosen to relocate to; those that they or their families were removed to; places that people call home and/or connect to; and those who embrace a physical landscape. An historical, social and political space that renders them specifically and culturally significant to individuals, families and community.
Awards
- Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
- Western Australia,