| Description |
1 online resource (80 pages) |
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Koolunga (S.A.) |
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Novels in verse |
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Women |
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South Australians |
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Aboriginal Australians |
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Yankunytjatjara (Australian people) |
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Kokatha (Australian people) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
Tells the story of a young Aboriginal woman in the late nineteenth century who survives the massacre of her entire family. Wandering alone through Ngadjuri land, in South Australia, she encounters a luckless Irish trapper whose loneliness matches her own. Drawn together for comfort, they discover a momentary paradise along riverbanks and across arid plains that proves fragile in the face of frontier violence and colonization. |
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Ruby Moonlight, a novel of the impact of colonisation in mid north South Australia around 1880. The main character, Ruby, refugee of a massacre, shelters in the woods where she befriends an Irishman trapper. The poems convey how fear of discovery is overcome by the need for human contact, which, in a tense unravelling of events, is forcibly challenged by an Aboriginal lawman. The natural world is richly observed and Ruby's courtship is measured by the turning of the seasons. |
| Contents |
Nature; Harmony; Morning; Warning; Ambush; Silence; Shadow; Birds; Ochre; Wander; Dream; Shelter; Wash; Sedge; Gifts; Intrude; Smoke; Bunyip; Shack; Jack; Dark; Hunger; Beast; Food; Friends; Merger; Oasis; Unseen; Solace; Beauty; Tempo; Visitor; Signs; Whispers; Moon; Vision; Murmur; Clouds; Shame; Ritual; Promise; Depart; Spring; Caution; Kuman; Falling; Mud; Green; Fortune; Detour; Loose; Memory; Blur; Shy; Broken; Torn; Hate; Scheme; Muddle; Cave; Instinct; Message; Cursed; Jury; Misread; Spear; Feathers; Empty; Sunset; about the author; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. |
| Awards |
Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2013. |
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Deadly Awards, Outstanding Achievement in Literature, 2012. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Fiction.
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Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Australia -- Colonization -- Fiction.
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Australia. |
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Colonization. |
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South Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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South Australia. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Subject |
Australia -- Colonization -- Poetry.
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South Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Novels in verse.
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Novels in verse.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Poetry.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cobby Eckermann, Ali, 1963- Ruby Moonlight. Sydney : Magabala Books, ©2012 9781921248511 |
| ISBN |
9781921248641 electronic book |
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1921248645 electronic book |
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9781921248665 electronic book |
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1921248661 electronic book |
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9781921248511 |
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