biography
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| lived:
| (1917– )
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| biography:
| Writer and actor, born in Perth, Western Australia. He is a prominent Aboriginal writer who draws much from the traditions of his own people, the Nyoongarah of the SW of Western Australia. Director of the Aboriginal Centre (1967–71), he began to publish relatively late in his life. His poetry includes The Firstborn (1970), Jagardoo (1978), and Black Life: Poems (1992). His plays include Kullark (1979, Home), The Dreamers (1982), No Sugar (1986), and Wahngin Country (1992). |
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