[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Black Children Where now uninterrupted sun Is shrivelling the sheaves, Black children leap and laugh and run Beneath a sky of leaves; And where the farmer thrashes wheat With steel … [Read more...] about Black Children [poem by Rex Ingamells]
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Forgotten People [by Rex Ingamells, 1936]
[Editor: This book of poetry by Rex Ingamells was published in 1936.] Forgotten People by Rex Ingamells CONTENTS DARK GHOSTS Black Children Long Ago Rivers and Mountains From a High Hill-Road Forgotten People The Present and the … [Read more...] about Forgotten People [by Rex Ingamells, 1936]
Liquor for half-castes [7 August 1936]
Liquor for half-castes. Concern at Exemption Ordinance Adelaide, Aug. 6.— A recent ordinance of the Federal Government allowing certain half-caste aborigines in Northern Australia to purchase intoxicating liquor was discussed today at a meeting of the Aborigines’ Friends’ … [Read more...] about Liquor for half-castes [7 August 1936]
Culture in Australia [11 April 1936]
[Editor: This review of The Foundations of Culture in Australia (by P. R. Stephensen) was published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 April 1936.] Culture in Australia. In the Australian view of Australia in her relationship to the rest of the world, and to Great Britain … [Read more...] about Culture in Australia [11 April 1936]
Ringing Appeal [poem, 11 April 1936]
Ringing Appeal. Bells have been rung o’er all the earth, Their joyous notes resounding In peals of triumph and of mirth And happiness abounding. All happiness that life can bring Lies with a belle I know, And fain would I give her a ring, Because I love her … [Read more...] about Ringing Appeal [poem, 11 April 1936]