Songlines and faultlines

Featured in

  • Published 20100601
  • ISBN: 9781921656163
  • Extent: 264 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm)

K: Kartiya, desert term for white person

K: Kumanjayi, word that substitutes for a name that can’t be spoken

Already a subscriber? Sign in here

If you are an educator or student wishing to access content for study purposes please contact us at griffithreview@griffith.edu.au

Share article

More from author

Lost and found in translation

EssayThe vast continent is really void of speech...this speechless, aimless solitariness was in the air. It was natural to the country. DH Lawrence, Kangaroo   UNLIKE MANY...

More from this edition

Out of the ordinary

EssayTHE LUCKY COUNTRY by Donald Horne is among my treasured Australian books. When first tempted to open its covers, as an undergraduate student of...

The resource curse

EssayShortlisted, 2010 Australian Human Rights Commission Awards, Print Media Category; Longlisted, 2010 John Button Prize, Articles and Essays; Shortlisted, 2010 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, Literary or...

Tears of the sun

ReportageSelected for Best Australian Essays 2010 AS YOU FLY out of Perth, heading east, the wheat and sheep country cushioning the world's most isolated capital...

Stay up to date with the latest, news, articles and special offers from Griffith Review.