OODGEROO NOONUCCAL
INCLUDES PICTURES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED
By Millie and Minha
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Who is Oodgeroo Noonuccal ?
Why is she famous ?
How did people know her name ?
her work
bibliography
Who Is Oodgeroo Noonuccal ?
Oodgeroo’s English name is Kath walker but she is known as
Oodgeroo.
She was a poet who wrote about the rights of aboriginals
and how people should be treated as equals no matter what
their colour, political activist, artist and educator. She was also
a campaigner for Aboriginal rights. She was born in 3rd of
November, 1920, in Stradbroke Island and died
in16thSeptember, 1993, Altona Meadows, Melbourne .
Why is she famous ?
Kath is famous because she writes about the rights of
aboriginals she pointed out that the colour of the skin is
on the outside and what is on the inside is more
important. She also pointed out that aboriginal
Australians were here first and if any one should get a
small amounts of rights it should be the white.
How did people know her name ?
People knew her name because of the
amazing poems she wrote.
Her work
Poetry
Municipal Gum (1960)
We are Going: Poems (1964)
The Dawn is at Hand: Poems (1966)
My People: A Kath Walker collection (1970)
No more boomerang (1985)
Kath Walker in China (1988)
The Colour Bar (1990)
Oodgeroo (1994)
Let Us Not Be Bitter (1990)
White Australia (1970)
All One Race (1970)
For children
Stradbroke Dreamtime (1972)
Father Sky and Mother Earth (1981)
Little Fella (1986)
The Rainbow Serpent (1988)
Non fiction
Towards a Global Village in the Southern Hemisphere (1989)
The Spirit of Australia (1989)
Australian Legends And Landscapes (1990)
Australia's Unwritten History: More legends of our land (1992)
She wrote more than 163 poems
Bibliography
http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/noonuccal-oodgeroo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oodgeroo_Noonuccal
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/115008/Oodgeroo-Noonuccal
http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/q150-women/1980/
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