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Notes

Author note: This came after I had visited an old native burial ground not far from Brisbane, where University people were excavating bones and had invited me along. I wrote it down at once while impressions were still fresh.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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y The Dawn Is at Hand Kath Walker /specialistDatasets/BlackWords , Brisbane : Jacaranda Press , 1966 Z195819 1966 selected work poetry Abstract
A collection of thirty poems by Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) exploring race, loneliness, Aboriginality and Country.
Brisbane : Jacaranda Press , 1966
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1966
)
pg. 30-31
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y A Book of Australian Verse Judith Wright (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1956 Z565053 1956 anthology poetry Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1968
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1968
)
pg. 257-258
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y My People : A Kath Walker Collection Kath Walker /specialistDatasets/BlackWords , Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1970 Z1325109 1970 selected work poetry essay Abstract
'Oodgeroo's writing is often a provocative and passionate plea for justice. My People is a collection of poetry and prose and a reminder of Oodgeroo's contribution to indigenous culture and the journey to reconciliation.' (Source: Reading Australia website)
Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1970
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1970
)
pg. 68-69
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y My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years Leonie Kramer (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1985 Z1067493 1985 anthology poetry short story Sydney : Lansdowne , 1985
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1985
)
pg. 553
Appears in:

y My People : A Kath Walker Collection Kath Walker /specialistDatasets/BlackWords , Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1970 Z1325109 1970 selected work poetry essay Abstract
'Oodgeroo's writing is often a provocative and passionate plea for justice. My People is a collection of poetry and prose and a reminder of Oodgeroo's contribution to indigenous culture and the journey to reconciliation.' (Source: Reading Australia website)
Milton : John Wiley and Sons , 2007
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2007
)
pg. 66-67
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y I Am Proud and Other Poems Oodgeroo Noonuccal /specialistDatasets/BlackWords , Warners Bay : Picaro Press , 2010 Z1824441 2010 selected work poetry Warners Bay : Picaro Press , 2010
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2010
)
pg. 2-3

Translator: Margherita Zanoletti

Alternative title: Comprendi, vecchio

Language: Italian

Appears in:

y My People : A Kath Walker Collection Kath Walker /specialistDatasets/BlackWords , Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1970 Z1325109 1970 selected work poetry essay Abstract
'Oodgeroo's writing is often a provocative and passionate plea for justice. My People is a collection of poetry and prose and a reminder of Oodgeroo's contribution to indigenous culture and the journey to reconciliation.' (Source: Reading Australia website)
My People. La mia gente Milan : Mimesis , 2022
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2022
)
pg. 238-241