Jack Davis (playwright)

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Jack Davis (11 March 1917 - 17 March 2000) was a notable Australian 20th-century playwright and poet, and an Indigenous rights campaigner. He was born in Western Australia, in 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 Indigenous Australian experience. He has been referred to as the 20th Century's Aboriginal Poet Laureate, and many of his plays are on Australian school syllabuses.

Davis was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1976, and a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1985.^[1]

Works

Plays

Kullark (1972)
The Dreamers (1982)
No Sugar (1985)
Honeyspot (1985)
Moorli and the Leprechaun (1986)
Burungin (1988)
Plays from Black Australia (1989)
In yOur Town (1990)
death of a tree

Poetry

The First-born and other poems (1970)
Jagardoo : Poems from Aboriginal Australia (1978)
John Pat and Other Poems (1988) Publisher Dent Australia ISBN 0-86770-079-3
Black Life : poems (1992)

Other works

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

References

↑ "Indigenous Australians excel in many fields", Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

External links

Jack Davis in AusStage

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 35988667 LCCN: n83237410 ISNI: 0000 0001 1470 6520 GND: 119389495

Persondata
Name	Davis, Jack
Alternative names
Short description	Indigenous Australian playwright
Date of birth	1917
Place of birth	Yarloop, Western Australia, Australia
Date of death	17 March 2000
Place of death	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

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