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.

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Plays 1.2 Poetry 1.3 Other works

[edit] Works

[edit] Plays

• Kullark (1978)
• The Dreamers (1980)
• No Sugar (1985)
• Honey Spot (1985)
• Moorli and the Leprechaun (1986)
• Barungin (Smell the Wind) (1988)
• Plays from Black Australia (1989)
• In Our Town (1990)
• Julia is Baho(1993)
• Julia needs to ligo(1994)

[edit] Poetry

• The First-born and other poems (1970)
• Jagardoo : Poems from Aboriginal Australia (1978)
• John Pat and Other Poems (1988)
• Black Life : poems (1992)

[edit] Other works

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