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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Ngara : Living in This Place Now
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Notes

  • Editors' note on cover: Poems, essays and meditations. A companion volume to Ngara: the Fourth Australian Poetry Festival
  • Epigraph: 'Taste the echo of my Rainbow / Feel his flesh fade into the Nothing / like a Wafer on your tongue. / Come we feast Silently together.' (John Muk Muk Burke from 'Us', in Night Song, And Other Poems).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Five Islands Press ,The Poets Union , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Canto XXV Bulimiai"Australia we can't remember you the way you were-", Anna Nicholson , single work poetry (p. 11)
Lest We Forget, Henry Reynolds , single work essay
In this essay Reynolds asks why Australian Aborigines massacred during British settlement are not commemorated as war dead.
(p. 15-24)
A Crookwell Poemi"Initially I thought 'strange' -", John Muk Muk Burke , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Conversations of Hope: Towards a History of Possibilities, Mark McKenna , single work essay
In this essay McKenna talks about the process of writing Looking For Blackfellas' Point and his own 'discovery' of the south-eastern NSW.
(p. 29-34)
The Catechism of Dr George Imlayi"What do you hear when you count them out loud", Martin Langford , single work poetry (p. 35)
You Can't Train a Cat, Elizabeth Hodgson , single work essay
This essay focuses on the erronous idea prevelant since the white settlers, that because Aboriginal people couldn't be trained, they were stupid. The article discusses conformity to white western ideology. The essay concludes with: 'You can't train a cat and you can't train an Aborigine to do anything he or she does not want to do. The final and by no means the least important question to finish with, what would you prefer to be: a free-thinking independent person or a compliant, obsequious, arse-licker?'
(p. 36-39)
Pelt Patchesi"Before the Europeans", Elizabeth Hodgson , single work poetry (p. 40)
Listeni"I listen to you", Elizabeth Hodgson , single work poetry (p. 41-42)
A Poem for the APEC Ministersi"I write", John Muk Muk Burke , single work poetry (p. 43-45)
Justice Blackburn Sails with Cooki"The land was bare", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 46)
The Long Agistment: Yulgilbar 1842i"We said that we had made war upon them", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
A Classic Texti"Writing it up a century later", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 49-51)
Court Report: June 3rd, 1992i"The law at last", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 52)
The Stature of Mokarei"I'm walking down the colony's main street", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 53)
To Mudroorooi"I saw you at Wisdom books buying Buddhist texts.", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 54)
The Headmasteri"my headmaster sat in (wood)", John Muk Muk Burke , single work poetry (p. 55)
How Might The Non-Indigenous Australian Be At Home Here? What Can We Learn From Indigenous Culture?, Robyn Rowland , single work essay
Throughout this essay Rowland makes a connection between her feelings for her 'soul-country', Ireland and Australia
(p. 59-66)
From Eigse Michael Hartnett: Sections III and IVi"III. And then there were the others:", Robyn Rowland , single work poetry (p. 67-68)
The Gift Of Leavingi"Just when I have it by heart:", Robyn Rowland , single work poetry (p. 69-70)
Revisiting the Idea of Home, Anne Brewster , single work essay
'I want to address one of the questions listed in this year's Poetry Festival outline, namely, "how might the non-Indigenous Australian be at home here?"' (p.71)
(p. 71-75)

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Works about this Work

From the Verandah Sylvia Lawson , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: Demanding the Impossible : Seven Essays on Resistance 2012; (p. 7-25)
Australia's Past Infringes on the Present Marilyn Strelau , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 20 no. 2 2006; (p. 213)

— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay
Not the Review Ralph Wessman , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 31 2005; (p. 148-168)

— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay ; Fontanelle : A Collection of Poems Andrew Lansdown , 2004 selected work poetry ; Dark Laughter Carolyn Gerrish , 2004 selected work poetry ; The Writing Experiment : Strategies for Innovative Creative Writing Hazel Smith , 2005 single work criticism ; Drums and Bonnets Miriel Lenore , 2003 selected work poetry ; The Colosseum Dipti Saravanamuttu , 2004 selected work poetry ; Echoes from the Firetrails Anne Morgan , 2005 selected work poetry ; Stories of Bird L. K. Holt , 2005 selected work poetry ; Cities with Moveable Parts Luis Gonzalez-Serrano , 2005 selected work poetry
Untitled Jo Lampert , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: API Review of Books , August no. 36 2005;

— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay
Untitled Jo Lampert , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: API Review of Books , August no. 36 2005;

— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay
Not the Review Ralph Wessman , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 31 2005; (p. 148-168)

— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay ; Fontanelle : A Collection of Poems Andrew Lansdown , 2004 selected work poetry ; Dark Laughter Carolyn Gerrish , 2004 selected work poetry ; The Writing Experiment : Strategies for Innovative Creative Writing Hazel Smith , 2005 single work criticism ; Drums and Bonnets Miriel Lenore , 2003 selected work poetry ; The Colosseum Dipti Saravanamuttu , 2004 selected work poetry ; Echoes from the Firetrails Anne Morgan , 2005 selected work poetry ; Stories of Bird L. K. Holt , 2005 selected work poetry ; Cities with Moveable Parts Luis Gonzalez-Serrano , 2005 selected work poetry
Australia's Past Infringes on the Present Marilyn Strelau , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 20 no. 2 2006; (p. 213)

— Review of Ngara : Living in This Place Now 2004 anthology poetry essay
From the Verandah Sylvia Lawson , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: Demanding the Impossible : Seven Essays on Resistance 2012; (p. 7-25)
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