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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Going Home : Stories
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'An outstanding collection of stories about contemporary aboriginal life in urban and rural Western Australia. These humorous and bleak tales focus upon young men attempting to break free from the cycle of poverty and despair.'(Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Mum and Jack Davis - both of whom encouraged my writing in the difficult early years

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Allen and Unwin , 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Going Home, Archie Weller , single work short story (p. 1-11)
The Boxer, Archie Weller , single work short story (p. 12-37)
Johnny Blue, Archie Weller , single work short story (p. 38-43)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Archie Weller , single work short story (p. 44-67)
Pension Day, Archie Weller , single work short story (p. 68-73)
One Hot Night, Archie Weller , single work short story (p. 74-92)
Herbie, Archie Weller , single work short story (p. 93-99)
Violet Crumble, Archie Weller , single work short story (p. 100-130)
Fish and Chips, Archie Weller , single work short story (p. 131-135)
Cooley, Archie Weller , single work novella (p. 136-213)
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Works about this Work

A World of Black and White Valerie Sutherland , 2002 single work essay
— Appears in: The Age , 26 June 2002; (p. 7)
Untitled Alison Lawrence , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 15 no. 3 2001; (p. 52-53)
— Review of Going Home : Stories Archie Weller , 1986 selected work short story novella
y separately published work icon Archie Weller's Going Home Insight Text Guides - Going Home; Going Home, Archie Weller Marlene Drysdale , Robert Beardwood , Mentone : Insight Publications , 2001 6897127 2001 single work criticism
Aboriginalities : Jack Davis and Archie Weller Sue Hosking , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Extensions : Essays in English Studies from Shakespeare to the Spice Girls 1999; (p. 141-156)
An Interview with Archie Weller Janine Little (interviewer), 1993 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 16 no. 2 1993; (p. 200-207)
Untitled Alison Lawrence , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 15 no. 3 2001; (p. 52-53)
— Review of Going Home : Stories Archie Weller , 1986 selected work short story novella
Mixed Bag of Black Writing John Donnelly , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 March 1991; (p. B8)
— Review of Master of the Ghost Dreaming Mudrooroo , 1991 single work novel ; Going Home : Stories Archie Weller , 1986 selected work short story novella ; Australian Short Stories 1982 periodical (67 issues)
Newcomers and Old Australians Marian Favel Clair Eldridge , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 May 1986; (p. B2)
— Review of Zooing Peter Goldsworthy , 1986 selected work short story ; Going Home : Stories Archie Weller , 1986 selected work short story novella ; Vernacular Dreams Angelo Loukakis , 1986 selected work short story
Getting Only What You See : Over-Simple Stories Gerard Windsor , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 78 1986; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Going Home : Stories Archie Weller , 1986 selected work short story novella
Read This to its Bitter End Nancy Keesing , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 March 1986; (p. 30)
— Review of Going Home : Stories Archie Weller , 1986 selected work short story novella
'Deadly' Work : Reading the Short Fiction of Archie Weller Janine Little , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 16 no. 2 1993; (p. 190-199)
An Interview with Archie Weller Janine Little (interviewer), 1993 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 16 no. 2 1993; (p. 200-207)
Relentless Realism : Archie Weller's 'Going Home' Chris Tiffin , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 10 no. 1-2 1988; (p. 222-235)
Australian Aboriginal Writing in English : The Short Story Dieter Riemenschneider , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , Spring vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 39-45)
Short Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 13 no. 4 1988; (p. 535-546)
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