Jack Davis was an Australian poet and playwright who fought for Indigenous rights in Australia throughout his lengthy career as both an activist and an artist. He wrote many poems and plays throughout his career and is celebrated as an innovative theatrical voice, who infused compelling dramas with social and political critique.
Jack Davis has 39 books on Goodreads with 4615 ratings. Jack Davis’s most popular book is No Sugar. Books by Jack Davis. Jack Davis Average rating 3.77 1,556 ratings 209 reviews shelved 4,615 times. 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1992 Want to. Site: 8 Chifley Square, Sydney April 28, 2014– Text: “Caterpillar Tractor” by Katakapu, English translation by Alexander Brown and Brian Geytenbeek, © 2003 the. Jack Davis was an exceptional poet, but did you know that his work was inspired by his experiences as an aborigine living in Australia? In this lesson, you will learn about Jack Davis's life.
Davis lived for a time on the Moore River Native Settlement in childhood, as well as the Brookton Aboriginal Reserve, and worked as a stockman and itinerant worker. These early life experiences exposed him to the racist systems and attitudes prevalent in Australia at the time. All the while, he began to work as a political organizer as well as a poet and playwright. His most famous poem is a tribute to John Pat, an Aboriginal boy who was killed by the West Australia Police. Throughout the 1960s, he became the director of the Aboriginal Centre and was the first chair of the Aboriginal Land Trust.
Davis' plays include Kullark, The Dreamers, No Sugar, Honeyspot, Moorli and the Leprechaun, Burungin, Plays from Black Australia, and In your Town. In 1977, he was awarded the British Empire Medal and was inducted into the Order of Australia in 1985. In 1989, the Australian government awarded him one of the very first Creative Fellowships, in honor of his exceptional contribution to the arts in Australia.
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APA Citation
Davis, Jack. (1992). Black life : poems. St Lucia, Qld : University of Queensland Press
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MLA Citation
Davis, Jack. Black life : poems / Jack Davis University of Queensland Press St Lucia, Qld 1992
Australian/Harvard Citation
Davis, Jack. 1992, Black life : poems / Jack Davis University of Queensland Press St Lucia, Qld
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| Bib ID | 1566259 | |
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| Format | Book, Online - Google Books | |
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| Description | St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 1992 xii, 89 p. ; 20 cm. | |
| ISBN | 070222247X (paperback) | |
| Series | UQP black Australian writers. | |
| Summary | Collection of poems, of celebration, introspection and lament. | |
| Subjects | Aboriginal Australians -- Poetry. | Australian literature -- 20th century. | Australian literature -- Aboriginal authors. | Australian poetry. | Literature and stories - Poetry. | Australia. |
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