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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Sing for Me, Countryman
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'Powerful semi-autobiographical novel set in the heart of the Northern Territory telling the story of the author's quest to find out about Australia and himself the secret to which he feels is held by the Aboriginal people with whom he immerses himself.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is for all those who have sought for gold in Australia, the real gold: its Aboriginal people.
  • Epigraph:
    Give me water, give me fire/ don't give me monuments to stone - Kev Carmody, from Eulogy (for a Black Person), reprinted by permission of Larrikin Music Publishing.

    'You know what your problem is?'/ 'What's that?'/ 'You've been with blackfellas too long.'/ 'That's not a problem.'/ 'Yeah but -- you run a big truck.' - Clayton's advice, the losers' bar, Petersham Inn, Sydney.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Rydalmere, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,: Sceptre , 1993 .
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      Extent: [v], 336p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Portrait of the author on back cover.
      ISBN: 0340578564 (pbk.)
    • Lake Bolac, Streatham - Lake Bolac area, Rokewood - Linton - Lake Bolac area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,: Neil Murray , 2003 .
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      Extent: 336p.
      Note/s:
      • Introduced by Martin Flanagan.
      ISBN: 0646428683

Works about this Work

Australian Scenes in Black and White Find a Stage Martin Flanagan , 1999 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Age , 9 June 1999;
Native Poet Martin Flanagan , 1997 single work biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 8 February 1997; (p. 30-33, 35)
Tribes and Bands Michael George Smith , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 144 1996; (p. 88-89)

— Review of Sing for Me, Countryman Neil Murray , 1993 single work novel
`Gubba' in the Woodpile Martin Flanagan , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 April 1994; (p. 7)

— Review of Sing for Me, Countryman Neil Murray , 1993 single work novel
Authentic Fiction Justin D'Ath , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 156 1993; (p. 41-42)

— Review of Sing for Me, Countryman Neil Murray , 1993 single work novel
Authentic Fiction Justin D'Ath , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 156 1993; (p. 41-42)

— Review of Sing for Me, Countryman Neil Murray , 1993 single work novel
`Gubba' in the Woodpile Martin Flanagan , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 April 1994; (p. 7)

— Review of Sing for Me, Countryman Neil Murray , 1993 single work novel
Tribes and Bands Michael George Smith , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 144 1996; (p. 88-89)

— Review of Sing for Me, Countryman Neil Murray , 1993 single work novel
Native Poet Martin Flanagan , 1997 single work biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 8 February 1997; (p. 30-33, 35)
Australian Scenes in Black and White Find a Stage Martin Flanagan , 1999 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Age , 9 June 1999;
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