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1 Singing Australia into Being : Charles Harpur Nonie Sharp , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , December - January no. 133 2014-2015; (p. 41-43)
1 Mabo Nonie Sharp , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: History Australia , April vol. 10 no. 1 2013; (p. 214-216)

— Review of Mabo Sue Smith , 2011 single work film/TV
1 Memoirs of Mabo Nonie Sharp , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June-July no. 118 2012; (p. 56-59)

— Review of Mabo in the Courts : Islander Tradition to Native Title : A Memoir Bryan Keon-Cohen , 2011 single work autobiography
1 Birds and Bird Song in Poem and Painting Nonie Sharp , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June-July no. 112 2011; (p. 27-31)

— Review of Lines for Birds : Poems and Paintings Barry Hill , 2011 selected work poetry
1 Singing Saltwater Country Nonie Sharp , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , October/November no. 108 2010; (p. 48-50)

— Review of Singing Saltwater Country : Journey to the Songlines of Carpentaria John Bradley , 2010 single work autobiography
1 Three Lost Children : Revisiting a Heroic Legend Nonie Sharp , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 69 no. 3 2010; (p. 132-141)
'The theme of lost children in literature and in life took a firm hold of people's imaginations in early colonial Australia. 'Lost Child', a poem of lament for a child 'taken' by the bush, published in 1826, is perhaps the first on that subject in Australian literature. The lost child as an enduring theme found exquisite expression in Frederick McCubbin's 1886 painting of that name. The bush inspired both fear and fascination in settlers. Its haunting, even hostile character found a place in popular culture well into the twentieth century and the novel Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay, at one time a student of McCubbin, continues to exert a tragic appeal even today.' (p. 134)
1 For the Well Beloved: Judith Wright and Nugget Coombs Nonie Sharp , 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 68 no. 2 2009; (p. 51-57)
1 Being True to the Earth - In Peril : Finding a Voice to Touch the Heart Nonie Sharp , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: PAN , no. 5 2008; (p. 47-58)
'The author uses literature, past and present, to highlight concerns regarding the degradation of the natural world. Of particular concern is the apparent lack of focus by governments in tackling global warming. The artist's role in defining, describing and lamenting the degradation of the natural world is explored.' (Editor's abstract)
1 Place Where My Heart Is … Stringybarks, Tramcars, and Forests Nonie Sharp , 2007 single work prose
— Appears in: PAN , no. 4 2007; (p. 97-99)
1 Fiction Nonie Sharp , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 111 2007; (p. 61-67)

— Review of Carpentaria Alexis Wright , 2006 single work novel
1 A Poet's Feeling for the Earth Nonie Sharp , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Local Global , no. 3 2007; (p. 24-32)
1 The Artistic and the Literary Imagination in Australia and Beyond: Finding Places of the Heart among the Gum Trees Nonie Sharp , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Colloquy : Text Theory Critique , November no. 12 2006;

'The author considers the reasons for the early dominance of the painting tradition and the later blossoming of both visual and literary art forms in the past half-century.'

Source: Colloquy Text Theory Critique no 12 (2006)

1 Reflection on Water Nonie Sharp , 2004 single work essay
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 64 no. 2 2004; (p. 16-22) Reflected Light : La Trobe Essays 2006; (p. 169-175)
1 Influences : Nonie Sharp Nonie Sharp , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 December 2002; (p. 10)
1 y separately published work icon No Ordinary Judgment: Mabo, the Murray Islanders' Land Case Nonie Sharp , Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press , 1996 9104128 1996 single work criticism

'This is the inside story of the Mabo case, a unique court drama where rights and interests previously unknown to Anglo-Australian law came to be recognised by the High Court of Australia.'

'In far north-east Australia lie the homelands of the Meriam, a dynamic seafaring, fishing and gardening people. They explained in court, often eloquently, how their 'cultural way' retains a fidelity to distinctive principles while also accommodating new ideas and techniques. In the name of Meriam law they also defended their right to land passed between generations by the spoken word. Their right to land carries with it a moral and practical responsibility to other Meriam and to the land itself. Meriam culture, often diminished in the hearing of evidence, has an original contribution to make to future Meriam, to the rest of Australia and to the world. In exploring the role of native title in the reshaping of Australian identity, some of the deeper questions of cultural diversity and self-determination are identified.' (Source: Publisher's website)

1 4 y separately published work icon Stars of Tagai : The Torres Strait Islanders Nonie Sharp , Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press , 1993 Z1442286 1993 single work prose non-fiction Stars of Tagai creates a picture of a unique sea culture rich in meanings and custom. The author's observations of Islander life over the past fourteen years join with the life stories of Islanders so giving depth to the book's theme: how conservation of cultural tradition underlies a process of renewal. ... The book explores four meanings of the tagai myth in the life of the islanders since the mid-nineteenth cenntury. Its main focus is a growing identity and self-awareness. This is the first book to examine the social issues involved in the historic Mabo case and to give a picture of the fabric of life of the merriam people of the Murray islands, a subgroup of the Torres Strait Islanders. It considers local historical precedents for current moves for political autonomy, examines the various reasons behind moves for sovereignty in the 1980s, and considers future options. (Publisher's blurb, back cover).
1 1 y separately published work icon Footprints Along the Cape York Sandbeaches Nonie Sharp , Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press , 1992 Z816732 1992 selected work non-fiction prose
1 Through a Glass, Darkly... Nonie Sharp , 1992 single work short story biography
— Appears in: Footprints Along the Cape York Sandbeaches 1992; (p. 155-184)
1 One of Ours: The Story of Nicholas Nonie Sharp , 1992 single work short story
— Appears in: Footprints Along the Cape York Sandbeaches 1992; (p. 185-220)
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