Is a text that confronts the readers about the false claims of the British colonial settlers. How they have shaped history and not given a voice to the First Nation people. This collection of poems aims to give u a first hand experience of the travesties the First Nation people faced . Also the effects of Colonial greed impacts on nature and environment through mining and other activities. It also discusses the power structures, dominance, imbalance, and exploitation of the First Nation individuals. Encourage all Australians to take action against injustices that are still faced by First Nation people today.
Summarised from Lindsey English Tutoring
John Kinsella is an Australian poet, novelist, critic, and editor. He is known for his work in the fields of ecopoetics, postmodernism, and experimental poetry. He has published over thirty books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, and has edited numerous anthologies. His writing is strongly influenced by landscape, and he espouses an 'international regionalism' in his approach to place. He has also frequently worked in collaboration with other writers, artists and musicians
Charmaine Papertalk Green is an Australian Aboriginal artist and activist who is known for her work in promoting Indigenous rights and culture. She is a member of the Yamatji people of Western Australia and has been involved in a number of projects to promote Indigenous culture and rights, including the establishment of the National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association. Green is a visual artist, poet and writer and began writing poetry in Mullewa in the late 1970’s
John Kinsella
Charmaine Papertalk Green