Jack Davis (playwright)

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Jack Davis (1917 - March 17, 2000), was a notable Australian 20th Century playwright and poet, also an Indigenous rights campaigner. He was born in Western Australia, from the small town of Yarloop, and lived in Fremantle towards the end of his life. He was of the Aboriginal Noongar people, and much of his work dealt with the Australian Aboriginal experience. He has been referred to as the 20th Century's Aboriginal Poet Laureate, and many of his plays are on Australian school syllabuses.

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[edit] Plays

  • Kullark (1972)
  • The Dreamers (1980)
  • No Sugar (1985)
  • Honeyspot (1985)
  • Moorli and the Leprechaun (1986)
  • Burungin (1988)
  • Plays from Black Australia (1989)
  • Our Town (1990)
  • Julia is Baho(1993)
  • Julia needs to ligo(1994)

[edit] Poetry

[edit] Other works

  • Jack Davis : A life-story (1988)
  • A Boy's Life (1991)
  • Paperbark : A Collection of Black Australian Writings (1992)

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NAME Davis, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Contemporary Papua New Guinean novelist and poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Yarloop, Western Australia, Australia
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 2000
PLACE OF DEATH Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
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