Cilka Žagar Cilka Žagar i(A71582 works by)
Born: Established:
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Slovenia,
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Ex Yugoslavia,
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Eastern Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1963
Heritage: Slovene
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1 y separately published work icon Not Loved Enough Cilka Žagar , s.l. : Cilka Žagar , 2007 Z1833460 2007 single work novel 'Robert blames his wife Ema for his misspent life and Ema blames him for hers. Robert left his wife and daughters because he fell in love with Ema. Brought up as Catholics they can not escape the Catholic teachings of their parents. After they return to Slovenia they realize how much simpler life would have been if they faced the consequences of their actions earlier. Ema listens to her friends’ love stories but she is afraid that they would lose respect for her if she told them her own.' [From the publisher's website]
1 y separately published work icon Opaladdies : Slovenia, Turkey, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Netherlands, Italy, Ridge Kidz Opaladdies : Stories in the Cultural Mosaic at Lightning Ridge Cilka Žagar , Barbara Moritz (editor), Margie Schofield (illustrator), Lightning Ridge : Lightning Ridge Historical Society , 2007 Z1524355 2007 anthology autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Lightning Ridge Gems Cilka Žagar , Lightning Ridge : Cilka Žagar , 2006 Z1831576 2006 single work biography 'Lightning Ridge gems are opal miners and the women who followed them into the Australian outback where they created a spectacular mosaic of old and new world cultures. Thirty people who came to Australia from twenty four countries tell their heroic and triumphant stories of how they came to be here and how they see life from their perspective.' -- From Trove record.
1 2 y separately published work icon Magdalena med črnimi opali Cilka Žagar , Ljubljana : Mladinska Knjiga , 2000 Z1833475 2000 single work novel
1 2 y separately published work icon Goodbye Riverbank : The Barwon - Namoi People Tell Their Story Cilka Žagar , Cilka Žagar (editor), Broome : Magabala Books , 2000 Z998488 2000 selected work life story

'Northwestern NSW was forcibly taken by white settlers in the mid nineteenth century. Surviving land owners were moved on, placed on missions and reserves, but kept returning to the riverbank. In this book, descendants protray past upheavals and their hopes for the future.' (Source: TROVE)

1 1 y separately published work icon Barbara Cilka Žagar , Cilka Žagar (translator), Celje : Goriska Mohorjeva Druzba , 1995 Z1833506 1995 single work novel
1 1 y separately published work icon Growing Up Walgett : Young Members of the Walgett Aboriginal Community Speak Out Cilka Žagar (editor), Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press , 1990 Z1524280 1990 anthology autobiography poetry
1 First Born and Last (from the Bible) i "First born", Cilka Žagar , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Slovenes 1988 1988; (p. 57)
1 Son i "When I'll be dead", Cilka Žagar , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Slovenes 1988 1988; (p. 57)
1 V colnu i "Zalujke -", Cilka Žagar , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Slovenes 1988 1988; (p. 56)
1 Draga teta i "Draga teta", Cilka Žagar , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Slovenes 1988 1988; (p. 56)
1 Kriv si za krive preroke i "Bog,", Cilka Žagar , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Slovenes 1988 1988; (p. 56)
1 Sinu i "Za dni ko sem te", Cilka Žagar , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Slovenes 1988 1988; (p. 55)
1 Novo leto i "Zgubljena med razstavljenimi", Cilka Žagar , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Slovenes 1988 1988; (p. 55)
1 Mi smo ljudje i "Motorji brnijo,", Cilka Žagar , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Slovenes 1988 1988; (p. 55)
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